Title :
Supplier involvement in new product development
Author :
Cuthill, Ian D H ; Gupta, Ashok ; Wilemon, David
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Syracuse Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. This paper focuses on the increasingly important role of suppliers in new product development (NPD) programs of American companies. Limited attention has been paid to the contributions that suppliers can make to the effectiveness and efficiency of the NPD process. The comments made are intended to apply to the case of an original equipment supplier providing a component to a customer who is also the final manufacturer and marketer of a new product
Keywords :
commerce; product development; research and development management; R&D; USA; companies; effectiveness; efficiency; new product development management; original equipment supplier; supplier involvement; Automotive engineering; Companies; Context modeling; Educational institutions; Industrial relations; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Product development; Testing; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653463
