New product introduction between two geographically dispersed entities

• Published in: IEMC '98 Proceedings. International Conference on Engineering and Technology Management. Pioneering New Technologies: Management Issues and Challenges in the Third Millennium (Cat. No.98CH36266) pp. 535 - 540
• Main Authors: Classen, A., Lopez, L.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1998
• Subjects: Computer industry
• ISBN: 9780780350823; 0780350820
• DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.1998.727819

Computer servers for commercial, technical and Internet applications comprise a very aggressive market. Development cycles are continuously shrinking since time to market is key to keep a solid position in this business. This scenario, with the added complexity of geographically dispersed teams, provokes constant changes to design and manufacturing processes; in particular, to the launching of a newly designed product into manufacturing. This paper presents the authors' experience, from the manufacturing engineering perspective, defining and implementing a direct launch process for new products from the design laboratory to a remote-manufacturing site.