Etm551 lecture01
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The document provides an overview of product design and development as well as new product management. It defines what constitutes a product and the product development process. It also discusses characteristics of successful new products, challenges in product development, and who is typically involved. The document outlines frameworks for structuring the product development methodology and organizing cross-functional teams. It also explores what defines a new product and factors that influence new product success rates.
Etm551 lecture01
- 1. Product Design & Development and New Products Management 1
- 2. • The following are based on the book “Product Design and Development” by K. T. Ulrich and S. D. Eppinger 2
- 3. Introduction • Definition of Product and Product Development (PD) • Characteristics of a Successful Product Development • Who design and develops products • Duration and Cost of Product Development • The Challenges of Product Development 3
- 4. Definition of a Product and Product Development • A Product is something sold by an enterprise to its customers • Product Development is the set of activities beginning with the perception of a market opportunity and ending in the production, sale,and delivery of a product 4
- 5. Why Is Product Development Important • It is “big business” • Hundred billion dollars • New products answer to biggest problems • A successful new product does more good for an organization than enything else • It is great life; it is fun and exciting 5
- 6. Who ‘owns’ the problem • Marketing • Design • Manufacturing 6
- 7. Product Development Process Is a Roadmap 7
- 8. Characteristics of Successful Product Development • Product quality – How good is the product resulting from development ? – Does it satisfy customer needs ? – Is it robust and reliable ? – Product quality is reflected in market share ? • Product cost – What is the manufacturing cost ? – It includes capital equipment and tooling ? 8
- 9. Characteristics of Successful Product Development • Development time – How long did the PD effort take ? • Development cost – How much spent in PD effort ? • Development capabilities – Did the team/firm acquire any experience for future projects ? 9
- 10. Who Designs and Develops Products • Marketing • Design • Manufacturing 10
- 11. Challenges • Trade-offs • Creation • Dynamics • Satisfaction of • Details societal and • Time pressure individual needs • Economics • Team diversity • Team spirit 11
- 12. Products vs. development effort 12
- 13. Products vs. development effort 13
- 14. Structured Methodologies Structured methodologies are valid for three reasons: • They make the decision-making process explicit • They provide “checklists” to ensure that important issues are not forgotten • They are readily documented in a structured way 14
- 15. Approach Assumes the core functions of a firm to be: • Marketing • Design • Manufacturing 15
- 16. Organizational realities • Lack of empowerment of the team • Functional allegiances transcending project goals • Inadequate resources • Lack of cross-functional representation on the project team 16
- 17. Products that make companies successful 17
- 18. New Products Management • The following are based on the book by Merle Crawford and Anthony Di Benedetto 18
- 19. Opportunity Identification and Selection 19
- 20. Some Hot New Products • Kawasaki Z1000 – a “naked” sport bike with a minimal plastic body designed to show off the inner workings. • Trivection ovens – GE’s Profile and Monogram ovens use a combination of thermal, convection, and microwave technology. • PalmOne Treo 6000 – A handheld PDA with phone, speakerphone, camera, music player, and keyboard. • Clorox Bleach Pen – A gel pen that lets you put bleach where you want to, such as on mildew between shower tiles. • Apple’s iTunes Music Store – Allows you to download hundreds of thousands of songs from the Internet to save or play on an Apple iPod. • P&G’s Mr. Clean Magic Eraser – Melamine scouring pad with an eraser-like function: it wears down with use. • Toyota Prius – Hybrid car with futuristic styling and 55 MPG gas 20 mileage.
- 21. Products of the Future • Intelligent refrigerators will track food inventories, and will either provide a hard-copy shopping list or send an electronic list to a home-delivery service. • Intelligent wallpaper will transform a wall to a television, a computer screen, works of art, etc. • Robotic lawn mowers will tend the grass within any specified boundary. • “Nanny-cams” hidden in teddy bears permit parents to watch their children at daycare; camera-surveillance systems will keep an eye on latchkey kids home alone. • Holographic storage will be used to store and retrieve home videos. • Lasers and decay-preventive gum and toothpastes will minimize the need for the dentist’s drill. • Robots will dispense gasoline, and know your preferred grade. • “Smart” heart pacemakers will be placed in the wrist. 21
- 22. Not All New Products Are Planned • Microwave ovens • Aspartame (NutraSweet) • ScotchGard fabric protector • Teflon • Penicillin • X-rays • Dynamite In each case, an accidental discovery -- but someone knew they had something when they saw it! 22
- 23. What Is a New Product? • New-to-the-world (really-new) products (10% of new products): Inventions that create a whole new market. Ex.: Polaroid camera, Sony Walkman, Palm Pilot, Rollerblade skates, P&G Febreze and Dryel. • New-to-the-firm products (20%): Products that take a firm into a category new to it. Ex.: P&G brand shampoo or coffee, Hallmark gift items, AT&T Universal credit card, Canon laser printer. • Additions to existing product lines (26%): Line extensions and flankers in current markets. Ex.: Tide Liquid, Bud Light, Apple’s iMac, HP LaserJet 7P. • Improvements and revisions to existing products (26%): Current products made better. Ex.: P&G’s continuing improvements to Tide detergent, Ivory soap. • Repositionings (7%): Products that are retargeted for a new use or application. Ex.: Arm & Hammer baking soda sold as a refrigerator deodorant; aspirin repositioned as a safeguard against heart attacks. • Cost reductions (11%): New products that provide the customer similar performance but at a lower cost. May be more of a “new product” in terms of design or production. 23
- 24. What About… • New Services? • New Business-to-Business Products? • New International/Global Products? 24
- 25. What Is a Successful New Product? Percent of Products that Fail 90 90 80 70 60 50 40 40 30 20 10 10 0 Sometimes Quoted Research Reports Sometimes Claimed in Press Although you may hear much higher percentages, careful studies supported by research evidence suggest that about 40% of new products fail -- somewhat higher for consumer products, somewhat lower for business-to-business products. 25
- 26. Classic Brand Names • Budweiser • L.L. Bean • Ivory • Ford • Coca-Cola • John Deere • Maxwell House • Maytag • Kodak • JCPenney • General Electric • Sears • Steinway • Colgate • Wrigley • Hershey • Kleenex • Gillette • Waterford • Ticonderoga Which of these have the most value today as launch pads 26 for new products?
- 27. The Conflicting Masters of New Products Management • Three inputs to the new products process: the right Quality quality product, at the right time, and at the right cost. • These conflict with each Value other but may have synergies too. • Issue: how to optimize Time Cost these relationships in a new product situation. 27
- 28. Breakthrough Innovations that Changed Our Lives • Personal Computer • Answering Machine • Microwave Oven • Velcro Fastener • Photocopier • Touch-Tone Telephone • Pocket Calculator • Laser Surgery • Fax Machine • Apollo Lunar Spacecraft • Birth Control Pill • Computer Disk Drive • Home VCR • Organ Transplanting • Communication satellite • Fiber-Optic Systems • Bar coding • Disposable Diaper • Integrated Circuit • MS-DOS • Automatic Teller • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 28