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EPSRC Reference: GR/N10219/01
Title: MANAGING PRODUCT NEW DEVELOPMENT AS A COMPLEX SYSTEM OF DECISIONS
Principal Investigator: Allen, Professor PM
Other Investigators:
Gillies, Ms J
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
George Jowitt and Sons GKN Mandall Ltd
Oracle Corporation P A International Consulting Group Ltd Parametric Technology (U K) Ltd
Department: Sch of Industrial and Manufacturing Scie
Organisation: Cranfield University
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 2000 Ends: 30 September 2003 Value (£): 144,613
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Related Grants:
GR/N10264/01
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Summary on Grant Application Form
Using a decisional and complex systems perspective, this project will improve the development of new manufactured products by reducing lead-times and costs, whilst maintaining high levels of creativity and innovation. The project will integrate and support that new product development (NPD) process as a complex adaptive system of decisions by creating knowledge maps. This approach will help manufacturers to competitively bridge the gap between an idea and reality, by helping them to follow the most parsimonious and effective path of decisions that the NPD process could take, and by ensuring that the path enables innovation and creativity.Three manufacturing organisations (Mandall Engineering, George Jowitt and Sons and GKNWae) and one service organisation (PA Consulting) will support and participate in this project. All of the organisations agree that decision making is one of the most important activities for achieving success, yet they do not focus on or support the decisions which constitute the NPD process. The need for this project originated from the manufacturing organisations and thus exploitation of the research to these organisations is an implicit part of the project. PA Consulting will utilise and exploit the research findings to develop software tools for building business process knowledge.EngProg\
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