In today’s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under
strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival
with their competitors. Increased competition and reduced product
life cycles put force upon companies to develop new products faster.
In response to these pressing needs, there should be some new
approach compatible in flexible circumstances. This presentation
presents a solution based on the popular Stage-Gate system, which is
closely linked with virtual team approach. Virtual teams can provide
a platform to advance the knowledge-base in a company and thus to
reduce time-to-market. The presentation describes all the major
aspects of new product development (NPD), NPD process and its
relationship with virtual teams, Stage-Gate system finally presents a
modified Stage-Gate system to cope up with the changing needs.
Nader
Ale Ebrahim holds a PhD degree in Technology Management from the Department of
Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of
Malaya. He holds a Master of Science in the Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Tehran with distinguished honors. He also has over 19 years of
experience in the establishment of the R&D departments in different
companies, heading projects as the project director and project coordinator and
implementing knowledge based system in the R&D department. His current
research interest focuses on E-skills, Research Tools, Bibliometrics and
managing virtual NPD teams in SMEs’ R&D centers. His papers/articles have
published and presented in the several journals and conferences.
Modified Stage-Gate
Product Development Process
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