Product Innovation
Increasing pressures to produce new products faster and cheaper are resulting in huge efforts to streamline and restructure the traditional new product development (NPD) process. The purpose of the book is to describe, assess and apply the latest constructs, methods, techniques and processes to enable managers, professionals, and practitioners to be more effective in designing, developing and commercializing new products and services. It provides guidance and support in formulating and executing NPD programs for business practitioners and MBA students. The book is written from an Integrated Product Development (IPD) perspective, linking all aspects of marketing, costing and manufacturing into the development process even before the first prototype is built. It covers the advanced tools necessary to achieve this such as virtual prototyping and fully integrated business systems, and explains the changes needed to organizational structure and thinking.
- Covers latest practice in Integrated Product Development
- Uses templates and flow charts to facilitate understanding and provide guidance
- Detailed case studies included
Reviews & endorsements
Review of the hardback: '… recommended as a textbook at postgraduate studies within the MBA programme.' Management
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780521066013
640 pages
229 × 152 × 34 mm
1.01kg
81 tables
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Product Innovation, Strategic Logic, & the New Product Development Process:
- 1. Introduction to product innovation and new product development
- 2. Strategic logic of product innovation
- 3. New product development process and organizational aspects
- Part II. Establishing the Foundation: the Conceptual Level:
- 4. Identifying new produce opportunities: idea generation (phase 1)
- 5. Concept development and selection (phase 2)
- 6. New product development program definition (phase 3)
- 7. Product/market considerations, integrated product design and product architecture
- 8. Marketing strategies and methods: conceptualizing and designing the new product marketing campaign
- 9. Production strategies and methods: operational and manufacturing implications
- 10. Financial applications and implications
- 11. Design and development (phase 4)
- 12. Validation phase (phase 5)
- 13. Pre-commercialization (phase 6) and launch
- 14. Concluding remarks and insights about product innovation in the 21st century
- Glossary
- References.