Exploiting supplier capabilities to maximise product design opportunities in the fuzzy front end activities

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dc.contributor.authorBolton, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBrun, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorPero, Margherita
dc.contributor.authorPiaggesi, Pierluigi
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22T16:33:06Z
dc.date.available2015-09-22T16:33:06Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-19
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the Fuzzy Front-End (FFE), i.e. the first phase of the Product Design and Development process where a company formulates a product concept to be developed and decides whether or not to invest resources in the further development of an idea. Our goal is to understand how companies leverage supply chain capabilities to improve product design opportunities in order to obtain optimized product concepts in the FFE. From the analysis of our pilot study, the results suggest that FFE is organized differently depending on design requirements and supply chain capabilities and that matching design requirements with supplier capabilities during the FFE improves performance. Therefore, the findings indicate that the proposed Conceptual Framework has the potential to be used by companies to design their FFE and to enhance the use of supply chain capabilities in their product design activities.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBolton S., Brun A., Pero M. and Piaggesi P. (2013). Exploiting supplier capabilities to maximise product design opportunities in the fuzzy front end activities. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013), Cranfield University, UK, 19th – 20th September 2013, pp 169-174en_UK
dc.identifier.isbn9781907413230
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9457
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield University Pressen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUncertainty and Modellingen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseries10en_UK
dc.subjectFuzzy Front-Enden_UK
dc.subjectDesignen_UK
dc.subjectSupply Chainen_UK
dc.titleExploiting supplier capabilities to maximise product design opportunities in the fuzzy front end activitiesen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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