The Raw Material Matrices — The Facilitating Instrument for an Improved “Raw Material Understanding”

Thomas Lager

Chapter 15 in Contemporary Quality Function Deployment for Product and Process Innovation:Towards Digital Transformation of Customer and Product Information in a New Knowledge-Based Approach, 2019, pp 177-193 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In other manufacturing industries, the integration of component suppliers in the development of new or improved products is crucial; consequently, it is currently common product innovation best practice. However, in process-industrial product innovation, the integration of raw material and ingredient suppliers in product innovation is unfortunately still often in its infancy. This chapter will discuss how Raw material Matrices can be developed, designed and used to lend overall support to company product innovation in the process industries…

Keywords: Quality Function Deployment; Product Development; Development; Manufacturing; Innovation; Technology; Product Innovation; Process Industry; Voice of the Customer; House of Quality; Manufacturing Industries; Matrix Analysis; Target Setting; Downstream Matrices; Process Matrix; Raw Material Matrices; Product Matrices; Multiple Progression; Integrated Knowledge Platforms (IKPs); Company Knowledge Creation; Company Knowledge Utilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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