Overlapping and communication policies in product development

Jun Lin, Yanjun Qian, Wentian Cui and Zhanli Miao

European Journal of Operational Research, 2010, vol. 201, issue 3, 737-750

Abstract: Shorter product life cycles in many industries impel firms to accelerate the product development process. Overlapping development stages, combined with frequent information exchange, is commonly regarded as a core technique for faster product development. However, overlapping and communication require additional resources and can be costly. We investigate the time-cost tradeoffs involved in concurrent product development to determine the optimal overlapping and communication strategies. The methodology was applied to a refrigerator development process in order to illustrate its utility.

Keywords: Product; development; Concurrent; engineering; Project; management; Overlapping; Communication; policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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