ISBN: 3-540-64172-6
TITLE: New Product Development and Production Networks
AUTHOR: Jrgens, Ulrich (Ed.)
TOC:

List of Contributors ix 
1 Restructuring Product Development and Production Networks: 
Introduction to the Book 1 
Ulrich Jrgens 
The Challenge of Time to Market: 
Responses by Industries 
2 Shortening Lead Time through Early Problem-solving  A New Round 
of Capability-building Competition in the Auto Industry 23 
Takahiro Fujimoto 
3 The Machine Tool Industry: New Market Challenges and the Crisis of 
the Traditional German Pattern of Innovation 55 
Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen 
4 Turnkey Production Networks: The Organizational Delinking of 
Production from Innovation 67 
Timothy J. Sturgeon 
5 Making Large Teams Work Like Small Teams: Product Development 
at Microsoft 85 
Michael A. Cusumano 
Comparing National-specific Approaches 
in the Machine Tool, Automobile 
and PC Industries 
6 Communication and Cooperation in the New Product and Process 
Development Networks  an International Comparison of Country- 
and Industry-specific Patterns 107 
Ulrich Jrgens 
7 Reorganizing Process Chains in the German and American Machine 
Tool Industry 149 
Inge Lippert 
8 The Italian Machine Tool Industry Towards Product Development 
Networks 181 
Secondo Rolfo 
9 Changing Strategies and Processes in the Japanese Machine Tool 
Product Development 199 
Masato Kobayashi 
10 Reorganizing the Product and Process Development of an Italian Car 
Manufacturer 225 
Giuseppe Calabrese 
11 Toward New Product and Process Development Networks: The Case 
of the German Car Industry 259 
Ulrich Jrgens 
12 Involving Manufacturing Employees in the Early Stages of Product 
Development: A Case Study from the U.S. Automobile Industry 289 
Carol J. Haddad 
13 The New Product Development System of the Japanese Automobile 
Industry 313 
Masayoshi Ikeda 
14 Reduction of Development Lead Time Through Improvements in the 
Development Process and Innovations in Production Technology  
Reconfirmation of Japanese-Style Supplier Relations. Evidence 
from a Case Study 341 
Shoichiro Sei 
15 Industry Hegemony and Company Product Development Performance 
in the Personal Computer Industry 357 
Helmut Drke 
Potential and Use of Information and 
Communication Technology 
16 Information and Communication Technologies to Support Cooperation 
in the Product Development Process 389 
Oliver Tegel 
17 CAD/CAM Utilization Patterns in Japan and Germany 407 
Hiroyuki Okamuro 
Beyond the Management and 
Engineering Perspective 
18 Knowledge Management is the Key Prerequisite for the Improvement 
of New Product and Process Development 427 
Veronika Lullies 
19 Creating Systemic Capability for Consistent High Performance New 
Product Development 441 
Edward F. McDonough III and Abbie Griffin 
20 General Conclusion 459 
Ulrich Jrgens 
Index 465 
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