Innovating in Product/Process Development - Gaining Pace in New Product Development

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Product/Process Development

1.1 History of Industrial Evolution

1.2 Overview of Current Situation

1.3 Main Development Process

1.4 Tools to Integrate

1.5 Tools for Continuous Improvement

Chapter 2 Innovation in Product/Process Development

2.1 Being Innovative

2.2 Human Aspects

2.3 Extended Enterprise

2.4 Innovation in New Product Design

2.5 Risks in Innovating in New Product

Chapter 3 Product/Process Development Process for the Twenty-first Century

3.1 New Paradigm in Product/Process Development

3.2 New Model Within the New Paradigm

3.3 The 3 Cs Process: Customer Driven, Concurrent, Collaborative

3.4 Systemic Innovation

Chapter 4 ICT Tools and Systems Supporting Innovation in Product/Process Development

4.1 ICT Supporting Innovation in Product/Process Development

4.2 Collaborative Working Environments for Innovation in Product/Process Development

4.3 Ontologies in Product/Process Innovation

Chapter 5 ICT Tools for Collaborative Product/Process Design and Innovation Process

5.1 Collaborative Work in Industry

5.2 ICT Platform for Collaborative Product/Process Design

5.3 ICT for Collaborative Innovation Management

5.4 Collaborative Innovation Management in SME

Chapter 6 Future Trends

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Eco-innovative Design

6.3 Lean Design

6.4 Open Innovation

6.5 Innovation in Non-hierarchical Networks

6.6 Trends in Collaborative Innovation and Collaborative Working Environments Technology

6.7 Semantics for Collaborative Innovation

6.8 Axiomatic Design

Glossary

References

Further Reading

Index