Metrics for rating the "level" of new product development activity (for mass and batch produced products)

Bauly, John

doi:10.1109/icmit.2000.917380

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“…Out of the 220 total sent out for the survey, 32 were declined, 38 were undelivered and 106 were returned. Thus, the overall response rate was about 26.5 per cent, which is quite satisfactory for this kind of research survey (Bauly, 2000). Furthermore, results from the returned responses showed that out of the 106 SMEs, only 52 per cent of them had, to some extent, implemented some QM practices, while 33 per cent had not introduced these practices.…”

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Quality Management Practices in Namibian SMEs: An Empirical Investigation

Mutingi

Chakraborty

2018

Global Business Review

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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have significantly contributed to growth, innovation and success of several economies across the world. However, SMEs in emerging economies have faced stiff competition in the global market. The purpose of this research is to provide an insight into the status of quality management (QM) practices in Namibian SMEs. This article presents a survey-based approach to evaluate the application of QM practices, the associated critical success factors (CSFs), business performance indicators for quality improvement and the reasons for non-implementation of the quality tools from an emerging economy perspective. An online questionnaire was designed and distributed to 182 Namibian SMEs through stratified random sampling. The overall response rate was 37.86 per cent. Analysis of results showed that the level of application of QM practices was generally low. The main reasons for not implementing QM initiatives were as follows: (a) unknown tools in enterprises, (b) difficulties in data collection and (c) high costs of training. Relative influences of CSFs and the Criticalto-Quality (CTQs) were also evaluated. Intriguingly, top management commitment and support was not a major CSF. Low response rate and context specificity tend to limit the generalization of the results. The study provides insights for policymakers to develop effective policies for QM education and training programmes, hence facilitating effective adoption of QM practices in a developing world context.

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Quality Management Practices in Namibian SMEs: An Empirical Investigation

Mutingi

Chakraborty

2018

Global Business Review

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“…2 shows the importance of NPD activities carried out in these companies using five colors presenting not important to very important. These activities are: 1) Market launch 2) Production start-up 3) Pre-mass production business analysis 4) Trial production 5) General market product testing 6) Focus group product testing 7) In-house screening 8) Product development Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE IEEM 9) Business analysis 10) Marketing research 11) Preliminary technical assessment 12) Preliminary market assessment 13) Initial screening for new product selection Product development and preliminary technical assessment are the two activities among all that rated by most of the companies as either important or very important, suggesting the importance of these two activities in determining the success of a new product. Apart from the activities listed, respondents added activities including adoption of customers' requirement and development based on customers' evaluation.…”

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“…The need for NPD in the industries especially manufacturing has been discussed extensively by Bauly [2,3]. The involvement in NPD is believed to be able to increase the business activity and investment of the parent companies of those multinational companies (MNCs) based overseas, as the local subsidiary manufacturing companies carrying out NPD provides more business opportunity in the region.…”

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A preliminary study on the current status of New Product Development in Singapore

Loh

Sun

et al. 2008

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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New Product Development (NPD) is important to sustain the competitiveness of a company in facing the strong market competition. However, past studies on NPD in Singapore in year 2003 and 2004 revealed that only minority of the companies was engaged in NPD.To support the effort of moving Singapore to be a design hub that is internationally recognized, this work presents a preliminary study of the current status of NPD. A better insight into the status of NPD will be useful for the relevant institutions and companies in taking appropriate action to improve and encourage more NPD activities. By using a sample of 114 companies that responded to a survey conducted, this paper examines NPD activities from different aspects. Comparisons with past studies are made to provide a view on the changes in over the years. The results show that only minority of the companies are engaging in NPD. Nevertheless, a comparison with past studies suggests an increase in the level of sophistication of NPD involved.

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The Application of New Product Development Tools in Industry: The Case of Singapore

Chai

Xin

2006

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Metrics for rating the "level" of new product development activity (for mass and batch produced products)

Cited by 3 publications

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Quality Management Practices in Namibian SMEs: An Empirical Investigation

Quality Management Practices in Namibian SMEs: An Empirical Investigation

A preliminary study on the current status of New Product Development in Singapore

The Application of New Product Development Tools in Industry: The Case of Singapore

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