Managing Design Complexity to Improve on Cost, Quality, Variety, and Time{to{Market Performance Variables

Spyros Vassilakis

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Abstract: This paper contains a model of waste elimination through design. It argues for the importance of managing design complexity in improving cost, quality, variety, and time{to{market performance variables. Management of design complexity is identi¯ed with creation, choice, and application of design problem representations, divisions of design labor, and product architectures that provably eliminate waste. The paper's thesis is illustrated with a comparison of Toyota's technology strategy (based on waste elimination) to that of General Motors (based on frontier{shifting investment).

Keywords: JEL classi¯cation numbers: C69 D20 L23 O32 M19 Cost quality variety time{to{market design complexity; JEL classi¯cation numbers: C69; D20; L23; O32; M19 Cost; quality; variety; time{to{market; design complexity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-02
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