Market Driven Enterprise: Product Development, Supply Chains, and Manufacturing

A complete handbook on a critical issue for today’s business leaders–how to improve customer satisfaction, control costs, and maximize profits
Producing a product or service to heighten customer satisfaction–and doing so cost effectively–do not have to be mutually exclusive objectives. With Market Driven Enterprise, Amiya Chakravarty presents a state–of–the–art, clearly designed framework for responding to market forces while keeping total costs in check.
The book’s twelve chapters are divided into three sections: interfaces and decision–making in an enterprise, product design and time–to–market, and responsive supply chains and manufacturing. A generous supply of real–world examples and more than 200 illustrations enhance the book’s readability–as does its detailed table of contents breaking down each chapter into subsections for quick reference. Some of the book’s most valuable features include:An analysis of the entire product development and manufacturing processes in light of customer needsAn innovative treatment of digitally connected supply networks and new business modelsA focus on the optimization of manufacturing and marketing processes for greater managerial insights leading to the highest potential profitCoverage of the most vital management techniques and philosophies–concurrent engineering and quality function deployment, manufacturing flexibility, information transparency, collaboration, and the virtual enterprise–and their relationship to the market–driven manufacturing processMathematical models for product–platform, product launch, supply–chain coordination, and market–driven manufacturing
For students and professionals in business and engineering, production and operations management, marketing, or production and design engineering, Market Driven Enterprise is an essent ial handbook. Anyone whose business is striving to attain an optimal position in a demanding marketplace will find it an excellent place to start.

Spis treści:
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
INTERFACES AND DECISIONS IN AN ENTERPRISE.
Domain and Process Views of an Enterprise.
Manufacturing Marketing Interface.
Knowledge Organization for Domain Decisions.
PRODUCT DESIGN AND TIME–TO–MARKET.
Marketing Approaches to Product Design.
Design Engineering.
Concurrent Mapping of Product Features.
Product Platform and Variety.
Product Realization.
SUPPLY CHAINS AND RESPONSIVE MANUFACTURING.
The Extended Enterprise: A Supply Chain Perspective.
Electronic Chains of Suppliers and Customers.
Supply Chain Models.
Responsive Manufacturing.
Subject Index.
Author Index.

Nota biograficzna:
AMIYA K. CHAKRAVARTY is the J. F. Seinsheimer, Jr. Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. His work experience with companies includes Lucent Technologies, Rolls–Royce Aero Engines, and Tata Consultancy Services.

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A complete handbook on a critical issue for today’s business leaders–how to improve customer satisfaction, control costs, and maximize profits
Producing a product or service to heighten customer satisfaction–and doing so cost effectively–do not have to be mutually exclusive objectives. With Market Driven Enterprise, Amiya Chakravarty presents a state–of–the–art, clearly designed framework for responding to market forces while keeping total costs in check.
The book’s twelve chapters are divided into three sections: interfaces and decision–making in an enterprise, product design and time–to–market, and responsive supply chains and manufacturing. A generous supply of real–world e xamples and more than 200 illustrations enhance the book’s readability–as does its detailed table of contents breaking down each chapter into subsections for quick reference. Some of the book’s most valuable features include:An analysis of the entire product development and manufacturing processes in light of customer needsAn innovative treatment of digitally connected supply networks and new business modelsA focus on the optimization of manufacturing and marketing processes for greater managerial insights leading to the highest potential profitCoverage of the most vital management techniques and philosophies–concurrent engineering and quality function deployment, manufacturing flexibility, information transparency, collaboration, and the virtual enterprise–and their relationship to the market–driven manufacturing processMathematical models for product–platform, product launch, supply–chain coordination, and market–driven manufacturing
For students and professionals in business and engineering, production and operations management, marketing, or production and design engineering, Market Driven Enterprise is an essential handbook. Anyone whose business is striving to attain an optimal position in a demanding marketplace will find it an excellent place to start.