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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Product Platform"”.
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New product development : a case study of product platform
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997.
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A systematic method for valuing a product platform strategy
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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A method for defining the requirements of a product platform
… of a company depends on its ability to produce products that satisfy the needs of a wide variety of consumers. These products have to be produced in a cost-effective manner. One approach to this problem is the creation of product families based on a platform architecture. A platform architecture …
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The effects of product platform topologies and market realities on front-end-loaded product development processes
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002.
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Dependency models as a basis for analyzing software product platform modularity : a case study in strategic software design rationalization
… the long-term health and viability of software product platforms. The use of modular, information-hiding architectures is considered beneficial in this regard, because they enable the addition of new features and the correction of software defects without widespread changes (Parnas, 1972; …
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Platform project management : optimizing product development by actively managing commonality
Product platforms have proved to be an effective strategy for designing and manufacturing products in companies that provide different products for different customer needs. By designing common parts and creating product families, these companies have increased the profitability of their product …
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A Data Clustering Approach to Support Modular Product Family Design
Product Platform Planning is an emerging philosophy that calls for the planned development of families of related products. It is markedly different from the traditional product development process and relatively new in engineering design. Product families and platforms can offer a multitude of …
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Flexible product platforms
… and demonstrating a way to implement flexible platform strategy to respond to future uncertainties. In today's competitive market, where market segments are becoming more fragmented, pressure to develop and market diverse sets of products is increasing. To meet such market needs and reduce …
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Digital Transformation, Ecosystem Design, and Platform Strategy: An IIoT Perspective.
Platform business model and digital transformation are two hot trends that have seen many companies launch their own digital platforms. There are many new companies along with established incumbent companies adopting the platform model. They face common challenges in deciding the use cases, …
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Exploring effective ways to implement strategic lean innovation management
… achieving SLIM. At the business strategy level, product platform and innovation pipeline were identified as two strategies to achieve SLIM. At the tools and practices level, the value stream mapping tool and new product design process were improved by tradeoff analysis and combining concepts and …
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Cloud Service Strategies and Competition in the Chinese Market Among Major Technology Companies
… capability, different companies have different product focuses on IaaS, PaaS and SaaS in cloud service. And instead of being a single product provider, most of them chose to build up a product platform integrating internal resources and external partnerships. The thesis also discusses how the …
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Commercial gas turbine engine platform strategy and design
Product development challenges companies to produce designs that meet customer requirements yet, that are within their technological and financial means to do so. The proliferation of customized or unique designs may tax the resources of a firm if product variety cannot be achieved in a …
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Optimization and visualization of strategies for platforms, complements, and services
This thesis probes the causal elements of product platform strategies and the effects of platform strategy on a firm. Platform strategies may be driven by internal or external forces, and the lifecycle of a firm and of a platform strategy evolve over time in response to both the needs of the firm …
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Application of product family research and development metrics in a power systems manufacturing environment
… a broader view in developing technology for new products. Planning for the right product platform and family should not be limited to only market application for derivative products but also planning for successive generations of product platforms and derivative products. This topic explores a …
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Software reuse in defense electronics : a study of organization and architecture approaches in a challenging business and technical environment
… exploration of component, module, and software. product line' reuse models. In this context, we try to make sense of and understand patterns of the sponsor's cases, also concentrating on the business and technological environment and the resultant constraints that bound software projects. Our …
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The potential for plant-based Meat in Africa - a proposed new approach using a system design methodology
… assess and select a new approach to protein production. This is an important topic, because global protein production systems are under pressure to reduce their environmental footprint. It is an interesting topic right now, because new protein technologies are emerging which have the …
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Models for platform-based product family design
Platform-based product families have been an effective way for companies to offer increased variety into markets, while containing the resulting complexity of developing large numbers of products. A product platform is the set of resources - components, processes, technologies, and knowledge - that …
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Multi-platform strategy and product family design
The application of product families and platforms has gained attention as a promising approach to achieving organizational objectives that provide customers with mass customized products while allowing for significant savings from commonality and reuse strategies. While the single-platform strategy …
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Harnessing Product Complexity: An Integrative Approach
… are faced with pressure to increase variety in product offerings. While increasing variety can help increase market share and sales growth, the costs of doing so can be significant. Ultimately, variety causes complexity in products and processes to soar, which negatively impacts product …
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Software defined radio : a system engineering view of platform architecture and market diffusion
As complexity and ambiguity in products and customer needs increase, existing companies are being forced toward new organizational models. New products require integrating knowledge across technologies, architectures, and functions in new ways, building product platforms that can adapt to changes …
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