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- Integrate a Robust Lessons Learned Process into Product Development
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Given the need to preserve knowledge over long-duration product life cycles and the impending retirement of a generation of engineers and experts, organizations want to speed up the transfer of knowledge in order to ...
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning, Project Management, Supply Chain Management Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.2 Develop products and services Industry: Agriculture, Durable Goods- Relevance: 90%
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- Make New Product Development Visible within the Organization
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Successful New Product Development (NPD) requires contributions from all functions and levels of an organization.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.2.1.3 Develop product/service design specifications, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 2.1.1 Evaluate performance of existing products/services against market opportunities, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.2.2 Identify potential new products and services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.1.4.1 Plan and develop cost and quality targets, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy, 2.1.4.4 Plan for product/service offering modifications, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle- Relevance: 65%
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- Embrace Clear and Consistent Accountability for New Product Development
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When it comes to new product development, organizations need to make it clear who the decision makers are. It is vital that accountability is clearly defined at each level.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.2.1.1 Assign resources to product/service project, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 2.2.1.2 Prepare high-level business case and technical assessment, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.2.1 Identify potential improvements to existing products and services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.1.3.1 Identify new technologies, 2.1.3 Perform discovery research, 2.1.4.1 Plan and develop cost and quality targets, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle, 2.1.5.1 Introduce new products/services- Relevance: 65%
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- Identify One Clear Owner for New Product Development
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One of the best practices is to identify a clear process owner for NPD. The uncertainty of the success of new products should be the result of the products themselves, not the process used to develop them.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.2.1 Identify potential improvements to existing products and services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.1.2.2 Identify potential new products and services, 2.1.3.3 Assess feasibility of integrating new leading technologies into product/service concepts, 2.1.3 Perform discovery research, 2.1.4.4 Plan for product/service offering modifications, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy, 2.1.5.1 Introduce new products/services, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle, 2.1.5.2 Retire outdated products/services, 2.1.5.3 Identify and refine performance indicators, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services- Relevance: 65%
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- Identify a High-Level New Product Development Advocate or Champion
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One of the best practices is to ensure the organization appoint a high-level New Product Development (NPD) advocate or champion.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning Processes: 2.2.1.3 Develop product/service design specifications, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle, 2.1.5.1 Introduce new products/services- Relevance: 65%
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- Professional, Objective Project Management for New Product Development
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Organizations should implement professional, objective project managers who have the ability to make objective decisions, regardless of personal, emotional, or technical attachment to the project.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning Processes: 2.2.1.3 Develop product/service design specifications, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.1.5.1 Introduce new products/services, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle- Relevance: 65%
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- Product Development: Capture Your Lessons Learned
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Top-performing organizations review product launches carefully and make the lessons learned part of the organization’s base of knowledge.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Product Management and Planning, Portfolio Management, Project Management Processes: 12.4.4.2 Capture and reuse lessons learned from change process, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.4 Sustain improvement, 2.1.4.4 Plan for product/service offering modifications, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy, 2.1.5 Manage product and service life cycle, 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1.5.1 Introduce new products/services, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services- Relevance: 64%
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- Creating a Green Supply Chain in a Global Economy
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In this APQC interview with Pamela Gordon, a business sustainability consultant, she discusses the factors that make up a green supply chain in the electronics industry.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Compliance, Organization and Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental, New Product Development, Product Development, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Product Design, Logistics, External Relationships Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 4.1.5.6 Manage collaborative replenishment planning, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.5 Plan distribution requirements, 4.1.1 Develop production and materials strategies, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.1.3 Create materials plan, 4.1.4.3 Collaborate with suppliers, 4.1.4 Create and manage master production schedule, 4.1.7 Review distribution planning policies, 4.2 Procure materials and services, 4.3 Produce/Manufacture/Deliver product, 4.5 Manage logistics and warehousing, 4.5.1.2 Design logistics network, 4.5.1 Define logistics strategy, 4.5.5 Manage returns; manage reverse logistics- Relevance: 60%
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- Accelerating Product Development with Design Events at Michelin
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To speed the product design process, Michelin has combined several design steps into structured design events.
Type: Case Studies Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Teams, Organization and Management, Project Management Processes: 2.2.1.3 Develop product/service design specifications, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services, 2.2.1.4 Document design specifications, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy, 2.1.4.1 Plan and develop cost and quality targets Industry: Automotive, Rubber & Plastics- Relevance: 49%
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- Portfolio Management: Optimizing for Success - AXA Case Study
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This case study from APQC's Portfolio Management: Optimizing for Success (Best Practices Report) highlights AXA's portfolio management processes in product development.
Type: Case Studies Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design Processes: 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 1.2.2 Evaluate strategic options to achieve the objectives, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 2.2 Develop products and services Industry: Financial Services/Banking, Insurance- Relevance: 44%
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