Modern product development increasingly relies on simulation methods to optimize functional performance. The testanalyze-fix approach of physical prototypes has moved to computer-aided, engineering-based, virtual prototyping. Contrary to the belief that this would reduce the demands for testing, it has opened new applications, new challenges and opportunities. Part 2 of this article covers thes...

This article describes the improvement of a model of collaborative design for the ceramic industry. A new stakeholder playing a crucial role is now included in the design process, i.e. the customer. Specifically, we present a pilot validation study for the framework that aims to analyse how the environment, experiences and reference criteria of different types of the customers (commercial deale...

I a stylized model of biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing, this paper shows how the potential for renegotiation influences the optimal structure of supply contracts, investments in innovation and capacity, the way scarce capacity is allocated, and firms’ resulting profits. Two buyers contract for capacity with a common manufacturer. Then, the buyers invest in innovation (product developmen...

More and more product development projects involve geographically distributed groups of developers. One problem in such groups is the long term lack of awareness of the activities in remote sites. In this paper we discuss the importance of awareness in distributed product development projects. We argue that generic services are needed in development environments for providing continuous awarene...

This research studies the effect of key strategy and governance choices on chances of success of innovation in software products, and we test our hypotheses based on data from more than 150 professionals in the United States who are responsible for new software product development. We find the right balance of onshore and offshore team members to be more salient in influencing innovation succes...

“I call architecture frozen music” a quote by Johan Wolfgan von Goethe. It seems that his description of architecture will not be this much long lasting. Since many architectural structures now are considered soniferous. In an approach to rational the thinking of positive soundscape and move onwards in terms of systematic decision making, and creating tools for more creative planning techniques...

I describe our approach and mechanisms to support the engineering of organizational processes throughout their life cycle. I describe our current understanding of what activities are included in the process life cycle. I then go on to describe our approach , computational mechanisms, and experiences in supporting many of these life cycle activities, as well as compare it to other related eeorts...

Product development performance has become a critical-to-success aspect in this age of globalization and international competition. Platform based strategy could be used to enhance and support the efficiency and effectiveness of product development performance, as this paper suggests. This paper explores the impact of platform-based strategy on product development flexibility, product developme...

A supply chain is composed of a complex sequence of processing stages, ranging from raw materials supplies, parts manufacturing, components and end-products assembling, to the delivery of end products. In the context of supply chain management, supplier selection decision is considered one of the key issues faced by operations and purchasing managers to remain competitive. Therefore, requiremen...

In this paper an innovative approach is presented, which enables modeling and exchanging information about the uncertainty of product properties along the product life cycle providing improvement for product development. A system which is called “COPE” (Collaborative Ontology-based Property Engineering System) is proposed, which uses the advantages of an ontologybased approach. The proposed sys...