Product Development: Tools and Techniques for Improving Performance

产品开发：提高性能的工具和技术

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-06657
• 负责人: Bhuiyan, Nadia
• 金额: $ 2.04万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=759629
• 关键词: Product; Development; Tools; Techniques; Improving

Canadian organizations face unprecedented challenges due to intensified global competition and the advent of Industry 4.0. In order to adapt to the new competitive landscape, organizations must be fluid in structure and adopt flexible processes that can rapidly develop high-quality products more efficiently than ever before. Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, is the digitization of not only manufacturing, but the enterprise as a whole, and holds the promise of increased efficiency and productivity, and optimized product development, among others. Traditional organizational models will need to be deconstructed and reinvented due to the rise of digital technology, and this will have an impact on corresponding processes, such as product development (PD), which plays a critical role in organizational profitability, prosperity and competitiveness. Product development consists of the set of activities, including concept development, system level design, detail design, testing and refinement, required to convert an idea into a marketable product, where a product can be a good or service. Given the strong relation of PD performance and organizational structure understanding how organizational structure evolves in order to respond to process variation becomes crucial. Furthermore, the application of lean to PD has been notable in the last decade, however, companies have been struggling with sustaining success from lean efforts. In the proposed research program, organizational structure will be studied in terms of its relation to the PD process, which, in turn, is organized in terms of its basic elements: a) people, b) process, and c) tools and technology. Successful PD highly depends on the effective design, integration and coordination of these three interrelated elements. Underlying this is the need for d) performance measurement. The overarching goal of this research is to develop tools and techniques for successful and sustainable lean PD, enabled by the appropriate organizational structure. In Canada, the aerospace and healthcare industries stand to benefit greatly from lean implementation. The dynamics of the aerospace industry have improved recently due to low interest rates, reduced costs due to lower crude oil prices, and increased demand. Managing the surge in demand is the challenge, and high budget and time overruns must be avoided. Hospitals are also facing a critical issue of surging patient demands, decreased patient satisfaction, rising expenses and frequent medical errors, all of which stimulated a reform of hospital systems by healthcare leaders and policy makers. Both industries have turned to lean principles in part to address these issues. This grant would have far-reaching implications for the competitiveness of the aerospace industry in Canada, and will also allow healthcare organizations to deliver more value towards patient care.

由于全球竞争加剧和工业4.0的到来，加拿大的组织面临着前所未有的挑战。为了适应新的竞争格局，组织必须在结构上保持流动性，并采用灵活的流程，以便比以往任何时候都更有效地快速开发高质量的产品。工业4.0或第四次工业革命不仅是制造业的数字化，而且是整个企业的数字化，并有望提高效率和生产力，优化产品开发等。由于数字技术的兴起，传统的组织模式将需要被解构和重塑，这将对相应的流程产生影响，例如产品开发（PD），这对组织的盈利能力，繁荣和竞争力起着关键作用。产品开发由一系列活动组成，包括概念开发，系统级设计，详细设计，测试和改进，将想法转化为可销售的产品，其中产品可以是商品或服务。鉴于PD性能和组织结构之间的密切关系，了解组织结构如何演变以应对过程变化变得至关重要。此外，在过去的十年中，精益在PD中的应用已经引人注目，然而，公司一直在努力维持精益努力的成功。在拟议的研究计划中，组织结构将研究其与PD过程的关系，而PD过程又是根据其基本要素组织的：a）人，B）过程，以及c）工具和技术。成功的PD高度依赖于这三个相互关联的要素的有效设计、整合和协调。这一点的基础是需要d）业绩衡量。本研究的总体目标是开发成功和可持续的精益PD的工具和技术，使适当的组织结构。在加拿大，航空航天和医疗保健行业将从精益实施中受益匪浅。由于低利率、原油价格下跌导致成本降低以及需求增加，航空航天业的动态最近有所改善。管理需求激增是一项挑战，必须避免高预算和时间超支。医院还面临着患者需求激增、患者满意度下降、费用上涨和医疗差错频繁等关键问题，所有这些都刺激了医疗领导者和政策制定者对医院系统的改革。这两个行业都转向精益原则，部分原因是为了解决这些问题。这笔拨款将对加拿大航空航天业的竞争力产生深远的影响，并将使医疗机构能够为患者护理提供更多价值。