From product-oriented development to technology-oriented development

Author

Ueno, Kenzo

Author_Institution

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

224

Abstract

In product-oriented development, customer requirements are developed first. The product is then designed to meet the requirements. This process is inefficient. In technology-oriented development, functional robustness of a product technology is first developed at the early stage of the process. The developed robust technology is then tuned to meet the requirements as they become available. This process is flexible, responsive, and cheaper. This paper explains the role of robust design in technology-oriented development. Shifting from product-oriented development to technology-oriented development is the key to: (a) restructuring the technology bases of Japan which are getting empty; and (b) regaining the competitive edge in quality and productivity which Japan once enjoyed

Keywords

human resource management; product development; quality control; Japan; competition; customer requirements; product technology; productivity; quality; robust design; robustness; technology base restructuring; technology-oriented product development; Design engineering; Globalization; Manufacturing industries; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Product design; Product development; Productivity; Robustness; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Reliability, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/24.387374

Filename

387374