Designing Supply Chains for New Product Development

Informationen zum Autor Antonio Arreola-Risa is a faculty member in the Information and Operations Management Department at Mays Business School! Texas A&M University. He received his BS in industrial and systems engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Mexico! his MS in industrial engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology! and his MS and PhD in operations management from Stanford University. Dr._Arreola-Risa is a member of the Decision Sciences Institute! the Institute of Industrial Engineers! and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Klappentext Research and development (R&D) supply chains are often designed without the process discipline and rigor that typically characterize the development of products emerging from R&D programs. This book should help everyday supply chain practitioners involved in research and new product development! who are migrating their products to full commercialization. The book should also aid decision makers looking to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of their supply chain. When new products are developed! a significant divide typically emerges in trying to commercialize the product while attempting to meet project demands for cost! schedule! and quality. Simply put! in many cases the supply chains developed to accomplish R&D functions are usually woefully inadequate to meet the demands of large-scale commercial applications. This book recounts the real-world work efforts! rigor! and discipline used to transition from a supply chain supporting R&D functions to a world-class supply chain capable of supporting a multibillion-dollar hydrocarbon recovery project. Zusammenfassung Deals with the design of a supply chain supporting a Research and Development (R&D) product that can be taken to a large-scale commercialization phase. This book is suitable for everyday practitioners involved in R&D efforts and to those looking to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of their supply chain....

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Arreola-Risa, Barry Keys
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2013
• EAN: 9781606493953
• ISBN: 978-1-60649-395-3
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Business Expert Press
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management