Product development performance measures in manufacturing firm

Author

Bai, ZhongHang ; Zhang, Peng ; Liu, Fang ; Tan, Runhua

Author_Institution

Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin

fYear

2007

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

926

Lastpage

929

Abstract

Product development is becoming more and more importance for manufacturing firm. A well-designed performance measurement system can demonstrate the impacts of product development on the whole firm and be utilized for motivation of people, especially product development staff. At the same time, suitable product development measures provide valuable information for the controlling of activities and continuous improvement of the product development process. This paper reviews the evolution of manufacturing sectors, analyzes the role of performance measures and product development performance measure proposals in manufacturing, especially from the standpoint of manufacturing firms in China.

Keywords

manufacturing industries; personnel; product development; production management; manufacturing firm; performance measurement system; product development performance measures; Continuous improvement; Measurement techniques; Output feedback; Performance analysis; Phase measurement; Product development; Proposals; Pulp manufacturing; Technological innovation; Time measurement; Performance measures; manufacturing; product development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1529-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1529-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419327

Filename

4419327