Investigation Into the Market-Orientated New Product Development Performance

The effect that the market orientation brings to product innovation performance is reported and the degree of product innovativeness is explored. The interdepartmental integration inside the company is also investigated. A series of hypotheses were developed aiming at presenting a conceptual framework to clarify how market orientation contributes to product innovation performance-moderated by the degree of product innovativeness and affected by the interdepartmental integration. Survey data from 36 business units were analyzed based on the respondents in the research. The statistic results suggest a substantial positive effect of market orientation on product innovation performance. Under the condition of incremental innovativeness among the samples, the more innovative the product is, the more improvements in product innovation performance would be achieved. A variety of particular interdepartmental integration mechanisms have been certified to lend more supports to establishing market orientation and improving product innovation performance.

Exploring Barriers and Opportunities in Adopting Crowdsourcing Based New Product Development in Manufacturing SMEs

Crowdsourcing is an innovative business practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content or even funds by soliciting contributions from a large group of people （the ＇Crowd＇）. The potential benefits of utilizing crowdsourcing in product design are well-documented, but little research exists on what are the barriers and opportunities in adopting crowdsourcing in new product development （NPD） of manufacturing SMEs. In order to answer the above questions, a Proof of Market study is carried out on crowdsourcing-based product design under an Innovate UK funded Smart project, which aims at identifying the needs, challenges and future development opportunities associated with adopting crowdsourcing strategies for NPD. The research findings from this study are reported here and can be used to guide future development of crowdsourcing-based collaborative design methods and tools and provide some practical references for industry to adopt this new and emerging collaborative design method in their business.

Impact of the synergy between technology management and technological capability on new product development:a system dynamics approach

This paper employs system dynamics to explore how the synergy between technology management and technological capability affects new product development.The results show that the synergy between technology management and technological capability has positive impact on new product development.Moreover, the leading synergy processes between technology management and technological capability in different new product development stages are different.This paper deepens the theoretical understanding of how to achieve new product development, and also provides useful guidance for firms to implement new product development.

Selection Model of Optional Parts in Suppliers Involved in New Product Development

Quality function deployment (QFD),which can translate efficiently customer requirement (CRs) into technical attributes (TAs),is widely used in new product development (NPD) as an efficient customer-driven approach. After lots of QFD application is applied in manufacturing fields,it was proved that without considering suppliers involved,it is difficult to get precise and satisfying results in each process of QFD,particularly part deployment. The paper will address the issues of a model of optional parts selection in suppliers involved in part deployment process. Further,it has been applied to an ERP system reconstruction and updating problem as an illustration.

Effective decision-making model for hi-tech new product development

In order to identify the effective decision-making factors at the individual NPD project manager level, a new effective decision-making model has been established by introducing the concept of decision-making effectiveness, analyzing the role of expertise, and identifying the major role of expertise and insight with respect to the interfaces between a new product, an organization, customers, technologies and regulations, for the study of the effective decision-making facilitators and inhibitors for a NPD project. The analysis of the unique task conditions for individual decision-makers shows that perceived complexity, uncertainty and time pressure have their negative effect on the effective decision-making process. It is concluded that the flexible, balanced and appropriate use of rational analysis, common sense and intuition is a key effective decision-making factor, and the psychologically ‘active attitude’ of a manager is also an important factor for successful dealing with the difficult task conditions.

A Study on the Activities During the Fuzzy Front End in New Product Development Projects of Korean ICT Firms

Although previous studies on Korean manufacturing firms have empirically analyzed the causal relationship between activities during the FFE(Fuzzy Front End)and success of NPD(New Product Development)of Korean manufacturing firms,no study has concretely focused on Korean ICT(Information and Communications Technology)firms and their FFE activities.The main aim of this study is to identify the activities of these firms during their FFE and provide managerial insights into the other ICT firms.The authors conducted a survey(106 valid responses)that their FFE activities on new product development project managers in Korean ICT firms.The results showed that even though new product development managers of Korean ICT firms did not search for ideas systemically,they communicated with those departments/divisions that had frequent interaction with customers for idea assessment,with the active involvement of middle-or higher-level managers.They thoroughly established initial plans in the pre-development stages and seriously analyzed competitors’products and direct and indirect customer interactions in their market survey activities.

A Proposed New Product Development Process for Floor Coverings and Assessment of Its Applicability

Nowadays, the rapid changes in the marketing environment of construction products accelerate the shortening tendency of product life cycles which in return put pressure on companies to produce successful new products and adopt innovative strategies to survive and expand in the fast competitive environment. The success of the new construction products calls for a high-quality and well-managed product development process. Thus, this study aims at defining the basic steps of a NPD （new product development） process designed for floor coverings and evaluating its applicability. To this end, the product development methods of the leading companies in the construction sector in Turkey have been analyzed. Also, a questionnaire has been conducted to determine which of the steps of the proposed methodology are currently being realized and which are not or cannot be implemented. Finally, based on this information, certain suggestions have been made as to what can be done to enhance the NPD processes of the companies＇ subject to evaluation.

Development of New Products——A Must for the Development of Enterprise

Jiangsu Feng Ming Group is a large and comprehensive provincial foodstuff enterprise group combining research, development, production and operation, trading and circulation and service. Over the past few years, on the basis of the processing of fruits and vegetables and taking its name brand products as the lead, the group has

New development of whey protein products as nutritional food ingredients

Whey protein products provided ideal ingredients for nutritional food applications.Whey proteins are known to have high nutritional quality due to their high content of essential amino acids,high digestibility and biological value.Research in the past decades has shown that many of the whey protein fractions and peptides derived from them possess various biological activities.The technology developments in the last decade,such as those in the areas of protein fractionation technologies have made industrial scale production of fractionated whey protein products commercially feasible.The development in hydrolysis technology and the peptide analytical capability allowed production of whey protein hydrolysates with designed bioactivity and functionalities.People are continuously finding new biological activities of the various whey protein fractions or their hydrolysis products.Significant amount of research has also been carried out to study the clinical benefits of some of the whey protein fractions and whey protein derived peptides.Examples of these studies will be reviewed and discussed.

Entrepreneurial Orientation,Knowledge creation process and New Product Development Performance

This paper analyzed the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and new product development perlormance based on the perspective of knowledge creation process. Through a questionnaire survey, we found that entrepreneurial orientation is positively related to new product performance, and knowledge creation process plays a mediating role in this relationship. This article examines the role of entrepreneurial orientation on new product innovation performance in Chinese situations, and it is the first time to check the intermediary functions on each dimension of knowledge test between entrepreneurial orientation and new product development performance.

Focusing on NaiaTM to inspire new product development

Today, with the rapid rise of sustainable consumption concept, the combination of fashion and green will be a new way of product development that meets consumer demand. On July 4th, as one of the important contents of the 2019 China Textile Innovation Conference & Design Forum,“the 4th Member’s Day of Fabrics China Pioneer Plants & Naia^TM Cellulose Acetate Fiber Product Development Forum” were successfully held in Dalang Fashion Town, Shenzhen. With the theme of “Naia^TM cellulose acetate fiber product development”, the forum discussed how to integrate sustainable development concept with fashion trends to enhance the product development level and market competitiveness of Naia? and even the whole eco-textiles in accordance with the consumer awareness and market demand of eco-textiles.

Product development of Baosteel HFW 610 Mill

Baosteel's high-frequency electric resistance welded(HFW) 610 longitudinal seam mill(8 5/8″-24″, the yearly output 300000 t) and UOE 1422 longitudinal submerged arc welding(SAW) mill(20' -56',the yearly output 500000 t) are established in 2005 and 2008,respectively.Product specification covers whole of API 5CT standard and most of API 5L standard,terminating the history of manufacturing the medium and large size pipes at Baosteel.The yearly output increased from 1,200000 t to nearly 2000000 t.HFW 610 mill is oriented at mid size pipes,which are mainly linepipe and welded casing.The designed yearly output of HFW mill is 300000 t,including casing of 90000 t,linepipe of 180000 t,round structural pipe of 15000 t and rectangle structural pipe of 15000 t. The yearly output of oil casing line supporting the welding line is 120000 t,among which including welded casing and seamless casing of 30000 t.Baosteel's HFW 610 longitudinal seam mill was established on October 27,2005. After the equipment trial run In October,2005 - March,2006 and equipment function examination In April,2006 - June,2006,mass production started in July 2006.And in December 2006,monthly designed capacity was achieved,reaching to 30496.644 t in welding pipe and 28 349.939 t in finished pipe.The output of 2006,2007, 2008 and 2009 was 117 067 t,223 554 t,255 791 t,and 204 424 t,with the comprehensive yield ratio 79.4%, 87.8%,90.80%and 91.92%respectively.This study introduces Baosteel HFW 610 Mill which is the world class,energy conservation and environmental protection enterprise,including product orientation,process and new product development.

Development of Educational Programs for System Creators and Business Producers in Future Strategy Design Based on Action Project Group Activities through Industry-University Cooperation

Our Japanese industry-university project group of Aoyama Gakuin University investigated and studied new educational programs to cultivate“future strategy design”human resources over several years.The purpose of this research paper is to describe two types of educational programs.The first program proposes the system creator,which is capable of new product design and innovative management that use advanced technologies such as internet of things(IoT),artificial intelligence(AI),and augmented and virtual reality.The second program proposes the business producer that is capable of platform service business modeling,product development and strategy,and customer service.The characteristics of these programs involve applying new educational methods to combine project-based learning(PBL)and active learning.

高质量发展是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的首要任务

党的二十大报告提出以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴,形成对中国式现代化的系统性认知,强调高质量发展是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的首要任务。改革开放以来,在中国共产党的领导下,我国逐步摆脱观念桎梏和教条约束,坚持一切从国情出发,创造了人类文明新形态。经济全球化势不可挡,世界必然是和而不同的全球格局,不同文明形态、不同经济体制、不同行为方式共存形成人类命运共同体。这是中国式现代化的底层逻辑,体现了中国经济高质量发展的世界意义。从中国式现代化视角透视高质量发展的深刻叙事,有助于深刻诠释中国式现代化的核心意涵。

基于研发战略的企业NPD项目关键因素分析

在分析相关国外文献的基础之上,从研发战略的角度提炼出决定企业新产品研发(NPD)项目成功与否的关键影响因素,设计问卷并调查了国内97家企业,应用SPSS软件对数据进行因子分析,找到3个公共因子,并建立了基于研发战略的NPD项目关键因素概念模型。

在线大规模定制下客户参与企业NPD最优策略研究

客户是重要创新源,在线大规模定制是企业将客户纳入创新过程、实现开放式创新的重要方式.基于企业视角,针对客户最优参与策略问题,考虑新产品开发(new product development,NPD)中的技术不确定性和市场不确定性,分别以研发活动创新度、客户知识对研发活动的重要度两项指标作为表征,提出了客户知识累积函数和企业设计返工函数;考虑从概念开发到新产品扩散全生命周期成本,构建了包含研发成本和产品在市场中扩散的营销成本的企业收益函数,以企业利润最大化为目标,给出了最优客户参与时间和最优交流次数以及企业策略选择的判定条件.最后,通过案例验证了方法的有效性和适用性.

基于产品创新度的NPD项目关键成功因素研究

在国外相关文献分析的基础之上,建立了一个企业新产品研发(NPD)项目关键成功因素的概念模型,通过分析不同创新程度NPD项目关键成功因素的差异,提出了五条相关的基本假设;问卷调查了国内97家企业,对数据进行统计学分析,最终验证了五条假设基本成立。

Comparative Study on FFE Activities Between Japanese and Korean NPD Project Success

This study shows the impact of fuzzy front end （FFE） phase during innovation process on new product development （NPD） project success in two East Asian countries--Korea and Japan was explored via employing comparative study. Authors decided to consider two East Asian countries＇ successful periods as comparison samples for the study of this issue. The 1980s are considered to be ＂golden age＂ of Japanese manufacturing firms when they were extremely successful on global market. Korean firms are enjoying competitive advantage in the late 2000s and the beginning of the 2010s. A conceptual model was developed based on previous research. The model was tested using data from 293 Korean manufacturing firms in the late 2000s and from 540 Japanese manufacturing firms in the late 1980s using structural equation modeling （SEM） technique. In both countries, the effect of intensity of planning on efficiency, prior to the development, was high. Moreover, effect of market uncertainties on effectiveness was significant. Therefore, effective initial planning and good analysis of market prior to the development have positive impacts on NPD project success. In the late 80s, in the period of stability of the economy in the world, the Japanese finns were successful concentrating more on FFE activities, such as market and technological research and initial planning. However, in the 2000s when the world economy started to change so fast and the demands for the goods change so fast, the Korean firms became more successful, thanks to flexibility in the system of NPD project strategies where system was not fixed to the initial plans but where the changes within the project execution phase were allowed. Thus Korean and Japanese firms had different strategies in NPD process in the two different periods. Japanese firms were concentrated more on FFE activities and tended to keep initial plans during development process, while the Korean firms were more flexible in project execution phase allowing dramatic changes to the initial plans.

制造业自主NPD模式研究——基于机车产业和汽车产业的案例对比

本文通过对比性案例研究论证了自主NPD模式是中国制造业企业实现新产品开发的可靠路径.分别选取机车行业和汽车行业一家企业的新产品开发实践作为案例研究对象,研究表明:在自主权、产品平台、"市场换技术"效果和创新能力4个维度的比较中,自主NPD模式优于嵌入NPD模式,提出以独立产品平台为基础,坚持自主产品开发,并在全球范围内集成先进技术为关键成功要素的自主NPD模式.

绿色新创企业NPD组织环境对变革型领导与绿色产品创新的中介关系研究

为了探索实施绿色创业战略时变革型领导在利用式绿色产品创新和探索式绿色产品创新中的作用,将新产品开发(NPD)组织环境作为变革型领导与绿色产品创新间的中介变量,将NPD组织环境划分为兼容性与重要性和资源综效,构建了变革型领导-新产品开发组织环境-绿色产品创新的连锁关系模型,并以国内4个城市218家企业为样本进行实证分析。研究发现:变革型领导可以通过对新产品开发组织环境的掌控间接控制利用式绿色产品创新和探索式绿色产品创新两类创新,当组织需要开发探索式绿色产品时,变革型领导可以通过加强和突显新产品开发组织环境的兼容性与重要性,促进探索式绿色产品创新;当组织需要开发利用式绿色产品时,变革型领导可以通过加强和突显新产品开发组织环境的资源综效,促进利用式绿色产品创新。