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A collaborative knowledge management tool for product innovation
(2000)
In order to create and deliver innovative new products and services at an ever increasing rate, manufacturing enterprises must adopt a deliberate and systematic approach to managing the drivers of innovation. Managing the ...
Understanding ambient intelligence: Typologies for systems development
(2006)
This paper examines the concept of ambient intelligence (AmI). Currently research in this field is ambiguous. There are not many definitions and consequently it is difficult to understand the concept. This paper seeks to ...
Product innovation management: Towards a constructive guide
(2000)
Manufacturing companies rely heavily on successful new product innovation to maintain profits. Moreover, research indicates that new products will account for a greater percentage of profits in the future (Crawford, 1996). ...
Product manager: A decision support tool for design engineers
(1999)
The new product development process is the lifeblood of all manufacturing enterprises. Many tools and techniques have been developed in an attempt to make this process more efficient and effective. However, in spite of ...
Systems innovation management: Supporting innovation in a manufacturing environment
(1999)
Each year organisations spend a significant amount of money developing new products and processes in an effort to satisfy customer demands and manufacture high quality products efficiently. Both development processes - ...
A web enabled solution for managing distributed product innovation
(2000)
New organisational forms such as strategic partnerships and networks are replacing simple market based transactions and traditional bureaucratic, hierarchical organisations. Consequently, a new conception of product design ...
Innovation management for product and process development
(2000)
Industry we are told manages change poorly. Surveys indicate that over 50% of change programmes fail to meet objectives. The reasons cited are all too familiar: poor goal definition, poor alignment of actions to goals and ...
User acceptance of mandated technology: An analysis of the role of moderating factors
(Elsevier, 2020-01-28)
This research assesses how the characteristics of age, gender and personality influence user acceptance of a software system in a mandated industrial setting. Guided by a conceptual framework based on the Unified Technology ...
Lean implementation: analysis of individual-level factors in a biopharmaceutical organisation
(Emerald, 2022-07-20)
Purpose
An understanding of the motivation of individual employees to adopt lean practices is fundamental to successful lean implementation. This study aims to investigate the adoption of lean practices and provides an ...
The impact of serialisation on operational efficiency and productivity in pharmaceutical sites: A literature review
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-07-04)
Serialization technology was introduced to protect the pharmaceutical supply chain from falsified and substandard medicines infiltration. The implementation of serialization systems required a substantial investment by ...