PPG Industries, Inc. is the world's largest supplier of automotive original coatings. Its business-to-business customers require individualized service based on specific requirements. The company has solidified th...
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PPG Industries, Inc. is the world's largest supplier of automotive original coatings. Its business-to-business customers require individualized service based on specific requirements. The company has solidified these relationships by establishing satellite supply facilities, applying the quality process to problem solving, and providing a variety of outlets for customer feedback.
Examines the consumable product supply chain, specifically the manufacturers and retailers in the U.S. Identification of quick response (QR) methods and partnering concepts used; Deployment of methods in order to trim...
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Examines the consumable product supply chain, specifically the manufacturers and retailers in the U.S. Identification of quick response (QR) methods and partnering concepts used; Deployment of methods in order to trim costs, inventories or waste; Advantages of implementing a QR system.
The author maintains that financial officers should take a leadership role to improve the processes that provide value to a company's internal and external customers. He suggests several ways that the financial fu...
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The author maintains that financial officers should take a leadership role to improve the processes that provide value to a company's internal and external customers. He suggests several ways that the financial function can participate in and contribute to total quality management.
Increased competition, especially from foreign competitors, and the rising cost of technology have forced companies to seek out strategic alliances. A growing number of firms have learned to reap the benefits—while a...
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Customers frequently need assistance in knowing what they want or might need. One process, technical-market research, helps understand the mind of the consumer so that the voice of the customer can be better translate...
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Customers frequently need assistance in knowing what they want or might need. One process, technical-market research, helps understand the mind of the consumer so that the voice of the customer can be better translated into new products by designers, engineers, and marketers.
Has the fear of technology involvement prevented many senior managers of multidivisional firms from playing a major role in new product technology decisions?
Has the fear of technology involvement prevented many senior managers of multidivisional firms from playing a major role in new product technology decisions?
Reports that three Massachusetts biotechnology companies Creative BioMolecules Inc., Ontogeny Inc. and Reprogenesis LP have merged to form Curis Inc. in the field of regenerative medicine. Research work to be carried ...
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Reports that three Massachusetts biotechnology companies Creative BioMolecules Inc., Ontogeny Inc. and Reprogenesis LP have merged to form Curis Inc. in the field of regenerative medicine. Research work to be carried out at Curis; Impact of the increase in the share price of Creative on market value of Curis; Corporate of profile of these companies.
The rise of the World Wide Web has provided one of the most challenging environments for product development in recent history. The market needs that a product is meant to satisfy and the technologies required to sati...
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The rise of the World Wide Web has provided one of the most challenging environments for product development in recent history. The market needs that a product is meant to satisfy and the technologies required to satisfy them can change radically--even as the product is under development. In response to such factors, companies have had to modify the traditional product-development process, in which design implementation begins only once a product's concept has been determined in its entirety. In place of that traditional approach, they have pioneered a flexible product-development process that allows designers to continue to define and shape products even after implementation has begun. This innovation enables Internet companies to incorporate rapidly evolving customer requirements and changing technologies into their designs until the last possible moment before a product is introduced to the market. Flexible product development has been most fully realized in the Internet environment because of the turbulence found there, but the foundations for it exist in a wide range of industries where the need for responsiveness is paramount. When technology, product features, and competitive conditions are predictable or evolve slowly, a traditional development process works well. But when new competitors and technologies appear overnight, when standards and regulations are in flux, and when a company's entire customer base can easily switch to other suppliers, businesses don't need a development process that resists change--they need one that embraces it.
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