Title :
Rapid development for medical products
Author :
Pazemenas, Vytas
Author_Institution :
Aubrey Group Inc., Irvine, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In today´s world, intense international competition, rapidly changing technologies, fragmented and demanding markets, and increasing product complexity, force fast development for all high-technology products. The manufacturers of high-technology products have responded to these pressures, and doubling of development speed is commonplace. Even with the reductions in time-to-market attained thus far, product development speed can be much faster (and companies will do it). Success demands a new organizational mindset and new product development methods. Development speed will intensify in the future for all high-technology products, including medical devices. Companies must continually seek to improve the speed of their product development or be swept aside by their fleet-footed competitors
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; costing; management of change; marketing; product development; project management; risk management; competition; delay cost; high-technology product manufacturers; market changes; medical device companies; medical products; product development; rapid development; team staffing options; technical risk management; technology changes; time-to-market; Costs; Delay effects; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Mouth; Performance gain; Product safety; Stress; Time to market;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/5289.846261
