A case study for a manufacturing company called AcuScan‚ Inc was fulfilled. The case study involves "Operation Optimize" which plans to bring a new retail iScanner to the market. The study is given in two parts. The first part summarizes the case study and provides the assumptions‚ arguments problems‚ and issues of the situation. The second part is an executive summary written for Cliff O’Conner‚ CEO at AcuScan‚ Inc. including recommendations for a solution for the company’s crisis. Assumptions
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Product Innovation Best Practices Series From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors In Product Innovation Reference Paper # 19 By: Dr. Robert G. Cooper Compliments of: Stage-Gate Inc. and Product Development Institute Inc. This article was published in Journal of Product Innovation Management‚ 16‚ 2‚ April 1999‚ 115-133 For information call +1-905-304-8797 www.stage-gate.com © Product Development Institute Inc. 1999-2007 From Experience: The Invisible Success Factors in Product
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Effective and rapid returns in investing in newly manufactured product to maintain cost and volume as well as considerable manufacturing quality. Also‚ this research is aimed at achieving cost effective and market potentials by implementing ramp-up production process in manufacturing industries. Through production performance‚ speedy time to market and time to volume could be achieved with effective collaboration between production development performance and production ramp-up. This relationship promotes
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1996. It generates new idea in the sports wear industry. Under Armour is the first creator of performance wears in the industry. They spread their market to USA‚ Japan‚ UK and Canada. They have around 6000 stores in USA and 2000 Stores in UK‚ Japan and Canada. External Enviorment The external analysis of the sports apparel will describe the attractiveness of the industry. Amour has a high threat of substitute‚ high competative rivalry and a they need to be differentiate their product. If they can differntiate
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1 Map the research design used by Donato’s for new product development. Final Design Final Product specifications completed Final Design Final Product specifications completed Preliminary Testing Product prototypes built‚ tested and refined Preliminary Testing Product prototypes built‚ tested and refined Product Screening Product idea evaluated;Need to consider operations‚ marketing and financial requirements Product Screening Product idea evaluated;Need to consider operations‚ marketing
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Abstract: This article extends the new product development (NPD) literature by presenting a case study of a lean product development (LPD) transformation framework implemented at a U.S. based manufacturing firm. In a departure from typical LPD methods‚ in this article the design structure matrix and the cause and effect matrix are integrated into the lean transformation framework‚ allowing analysis of the underlying complexity of a product development (PD) system‚ and thus facilitating determination
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MediSys Corp. :The Intense care Product Development Team (Anne Donnellon Joshuad.Margolis) It was just six months away from MediSys ’s planned August 2009 launch of IntensCare‚ their new remote monitoring system for use in hospitals ’ intensive care units. The company was investing $20.5 million in the new system‚ which represented the most ambitious project in the company ’s 10-year history. Valerie Merz‚ marketing manager for IntensCare‚ was feeling enormous pressure as she reviewed the
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people see the snack market as dynamic and innovative‚ but actually it is surprisingly conservative. Most of what passes for product innovation is in fact tinkering with our marketing approach‚ things like special offers‚ promotion tie-ins and so on. We occasionally put new packs round our existing products and even more occasionally we introduce new flavors in existing product ranges. Rarely though does anyone in this industry introduce something radically different. That is why this project is both
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1 Growth Imperative Gross Sales - $100 Desk John gets commission - $20 Net Sales - $80 All anyone cares about in growth is NET – Don’t site gross sales (shark tank! Hates this ) * Evidence that once a company’s core business has matured‚ new platforms are hard to come by * Roughly 1-in-10 companies are able to sustain growth for shareholder value * Attempt to Growth causes corporation to crash * Equity markets demand that companies grow but it’s hard to know how to grow.
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Recommendations Our team organizational strategy will base on Mercury’s new vision of Operational Excellence and organization will support a vision of high automation with smaller quantity administrative personnel. Mercury’s new focus will be keyed on minimizing labor cost and yet increasing production by the use of automated mechanics. The strategy will emphasize its reliable and high quality products and services‚ competitive pricing‚ and minimal difficulty and inconvenience. This strategy
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