recently‎, ‎the authors gave some conditions under which a direct product‎ ‎of finitely many groups is $mathcal{v}-$capable if and only if each of its‎ ‎factors is $mathcal{v}-$capable for some varieties $mathcal{v}$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we extend this fact to any infinite direct product of groups‎. ‎moreover‎, ‎we conclude some results for $mathcal{v}-$capability of direct products of infinitel...

In the context of a broadened product lifecycle management environment, a traditional product information management, also referred to as product master data management (P-MDM) needs to be complemented by other MDM domains. Such MDM domains may include Customers, Financials, Suppliers, Human Resources, Events and other domains. To satisfy such a transversal set of requirements requires a true c...

Production planning and variation modeling are interdependent parallel activities critical to the success of a software product line. Software product line organizations design a production capability to satisfy their business goals. That production capability is dependent on and must support the full range of product variation. Current techniques for variation modeling identify and handle vari...

One of the difficulties in a product distribution management system of new Distribution Centers(DCs) is no historical data and no experience. In this paper, we develop a product distribution model to estimate the capability of the product distribution system of the new DCs associated a question on the increasing arrival product volumes. In order to develop the model, the exponential distributio...

New business models in complex engineering products have favoured the integration of acquisition and sustainment phases in capability development. The product service system PSS concept enables manufacturers of complex engineering products to incorporate support services into the product’s manufacturing and sustainment lifecycle. However, the PSS design has imposed significant risks to the manu...

This study investigates the effects of social capital (trust and power) on a high-tech firm’s new product development outcomes through the leveraging of its sensing capability in an emerging market, China. A sample of high-tech firms in China is used to test the proposed relationships. Findings confirm that both trust and power in a high-tech firm’s social network are significantly associated w...

One of the primary outcomes of a software process assessment is visibility of the capability of a software process which among other things, informs us of the ability of a process to deliver consistent product quality levels. In safety critical domains, such as the medical device sector, high product quality – and particularly high product safety is an important consideration. To address this s...