A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development
Recent advances in engineering collaboration tools and internet technology have enabled the distribution of product development tasks to offshore sites and global outsourcing partners while still maintaining a tightly connected process. Most firms in complex engineering industries are indeed expe...
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| author | Tripathy, Anshuman Eppinger, Steven D. |
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| description | Recent advances in engineering collaboration tools and internet technology have enabled the
distribution of product development tasks to offshore sites and global outsourcing partners while still
maintaining a tightly connected process. Most firms in complex engineering industries are indeed
experimenting with various ways to structure their product development processes on a global basis. In
this research, we have explored global product development structures from the perspectives of process
flow and system architecture. We employ the design structure matrix method to display and explain
these structures and our observations thereof. Through five case studies spanning electronics,
equipment, and aerospace industries, we consider the interaction complexity inherent in various global
work distribution strategies. We conclude the paper with a summary and directions for future research
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/372832019-04-10T09:59:07Z A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development Tripathy, Anshuman Eppinger, Steven D. Global Product Development System Architecture Recent advances in engineering collaboration tools and internet technology have enabled the distribution of product development tasks to offshore sites and global outsourcing partners while still maintaining a tightly connected process. Most firms in complex engineering industries are indeed experimenting with various ways to structure their product development processes on a global basis. In this research, we have explored global product development structures from the perspectives of process flow and system architecture. We employ the design structure matrix method to display and explain these structures and our observations thereof. Through five case studies spanning electronics, equipment, and aerospace industries, we consider the interaction complexity inherent in various global work distribution strategies. We conclude the paper with a summary and directions for future research work. 2007-04-20T18:37:46Z 2007-04-20T18:37:46Z 2007-04-20T18:37:46Z Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37283 en_US MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper 4645-07 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Global Product Development System Architecture Tripathy, Anshuman Eppinger, Steven D. A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title | A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title_full | A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title_fullStr | A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title_short | A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development |
| title_sort | system architecture approach to global product development |
| topic | Global Product Development System Architecture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37283 |
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