addition to cost issues Olympus is also facing flexibility issues‚ such as shorter product life cycles and an increasing number of products needed to satisfy customers. To address these problems we recommend Olympus implement a concurrent engineering program‚ a modular production strategy‚ and reconsider the functional group management approach. The concurrent engineering program will reduce product development time and reduce cost. Modular production will increase customer satisfaction by allowing
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Introduction Nowadays‚ new products/services are launched at an increasing rate. Therefore‚ innovation management has gained in importance‚ with the objective of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of new product development. Conceptual models that describe the progress and commercialization of new products are an essential element of innovating management (Herstatt‚ 2002). Thus‚ Stage-Gate System is the new tool for managing new products in the market. It is both a conceptual and an operational
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Which of the following would not be an operations function in a fast-food restaurant? A) advertising and promotion The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 8-hour shifts. The use of new technology has enabled them to increase productivity by 30%. Productivity is now approximately D) 40.6 boxes/hr. 3.One reason for global operations is to gain improvements in the supply chain. A) True 4.Productivity is the total value of all inputs to the transformation process divided by the
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describes the test marketing for McDonald’s catfish sandwich in the Southeastern United States. It asks students to assume they are the new product development team and to assess the research design described. www.mcdonalds.com >The Scenario Nashville‚ Tennessee—McDonald’s Corp. is trying to hook customers in southern test markets‚ including one in Kentucky‚ on a new catfish sandwich. The chain is serving its newest sandwich in Bowling Green‚ Kentucky; Memphis‚ Chattanooga‚ and Jackson‚ Tennessee;
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bibliography. Each section will be 2 - 3 pages in standard business proposal format. The sections are: 1. Strategy (TCO F) 2. Core Competencies (TCO C) 3. Industry Dynamics (TCO A) 4. Technology Sourcing and Internal Innovation (TCO D) 5. Product Development Strategy (TCO E) 6. Strategy to protect innovations (TCO B) 7. A bibliography listing your references for the project Ideas to Help Prepare the Course Project Section 1 - Strategy TCO F - Given an organizational and industry context
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Launching the BMW Z3 Roadster BMW Z3 Roadster was a new product concept that reflected a niche opportunity. The main objective of the Z3 launch was to reposition their German-made‚ driving performance‚ tradition bound‚ and precision engineering cars as more stylish and fun to drive cars in the American culture. This risky movement of changing the brand personality was done using both nontraditional and traditional marketing tools. Some of the nontraditional methods used were
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Competitor Analysis The Hershey Company (HSY) competes in the Global Candy and Chocolate Manufacturing industry. This highly competitive and consolidated industry which continues to concentrate as a result of merger and acquisition activity is dominated by a few major players. Included amongst these major players are HSY and three notable competitors‚ Nestle SA‚ Mondelez International Inc.‚ and Tootsie Roll Industries. Each of these competitors offers unique competitive advantages versus that
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radically its new product development process. The company has been successful throughout its history by developing high quality new products in a traditional way that extended back for decades. Customer demands are pushing for greater variety of products in shorter times. Competitors are responding to these demands and are on the way to cut their NPD process times by 20-30%. For the Company to get ahead of competitors and put itself as a leader‚ it needs to drastically redesign its new product development
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Management p.424 HW Shipper Manufacturing Company Advanced Products Division: 1) Become more market-focused 2) apply resources toward market and product development programs 3) Retain low-capital‚ high labor intensive character Vision: Shift towards products that are sold to multiple customers and manufactured on a volume basis. Business Strategy: Continue to respond to individual customer design requirements and tailor new products to unique customer applications. Five-Year Return on Net
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produces their own pharmaceutical products such as soap‚ laundry detergents‚ shampoo‚ scouring powder‚ and liquid detergents throughout the years. During the war time‚ Kao had a huge breakthrough by entering new markets through acquisitions and aggressive moves in their management decisions. The expansion of markets into 27 countries had resulted Kao to boast their product line vertically up to 550 different types of products‚ making Kao to become the largest household product manufacturer in Japan in the
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