DESIGN, ANALYSIS, MANUFACTURING, TESTING, MARKETING, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CAN WORK MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT TIME, COST, AND QUALITY BENEFITS TO THE PRODUCT. THIS CLOSENESS OR INTEGRATION CAN BE ACHIEVED USING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM SOFTWARE, STATE OF THE ART COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA EXCHANGE TECHNOLOGY. BEST PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NORMALLY ACHIEVED USING A BALANCE OF ALL FOUR INTEGRATING ASPECTS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRODUCTS AND ORGANIZATION. EXAMPLES OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT USING MULTIPLE INTEGRATION ASPECTS ARE PRESENTED.
| Number of Pages : | 14 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
