Insights on New Product Development Product Development and Management AssociationLinks to an external site. Click “KHUB” in the upper right corner of the home page menu. Select an article or podcast that seems interesting and relevant. Prepare a 1- to 2-page, double-spaced summary of the article/podcast that you chose.
Choose a technical or scientific term from the article you used for your summary or from your field of study and write a 1000 word expanded definition of it with a cover memo.
English Question Your Department Head (DH) was impressed with your summary and thought it was a good foundation for a new product. To assist the product development team, they want a more thorough explanation of some of the scientific terms used in in the article, so they asked you to write an expanded definition of […]
Are those products truly new innovations, or are they simply extensions of existing products?
Assignment Consult recent annual reports and Internet sources to find out what Ty new products the company has brought to market in the past year or two. Are those products truly new innovations, or are they simply extensions of existing products? What considerations likely guided the company in its product development efforts? Write one or […]
Explain the strategic, planning, and operational decisions that must be made. Explain the major difference between demand uncertainty and implied demand uncertainty.
Management Assignment Choice any company of your choice and explain the following w.r.t the company. (Hint: choice a company from retail sector, furniture, apparels, automobile, or electronic sector) Explain the strategic, planning, and operational decisions that must be made. (3 marks) Explain the major difference between demand uncertainty and implied demand uncertainty. (2 marks) Discuss […]
Describe what can happen if product design and process design are approached separately by different work teams. What are the key activities in pilot production?
ASSIGNMENT Can you think of examples of new products that did not function well for the customers who bought them? What went wrong? Describe what can happen if product design and process design are approached separately by different work teams. What are the key activities in pilot production? What do you know about 3D printing? […]
Explain the difference between Invention and innovation relative to new product development.
ASSIGNMENT 1. As a new Products Process Manager, you are responsible for helping project managers to develop new product processes and use them effectively; Explain the difference between Invention and innovation relative to new product development. 2. Take a moment and reflect on the topics introduced in this Unit. Formulate at least one question that […]
Why do you think there is an opportunity for this product, and how is it distinct from what the company already offers?
New-Product Development 1. Come up with a new product idea for Apple that they do not currently offer. 2. Why do you think there is an opportunity for this product, and how is it distinct from what the company already offers?
Identify a product that has been created in the past 5 years. Then Use Topic Headers to identify each stage of the development process that you are discussing.
Chapter 3 Product and Process Design Research Paper Identify a product that has been created in the past 5 years. Discuss what the product is. Using the Product Development Process in Chapter 3 (Figure 3. 16); go through each stage of the Product Development Process expanding on what would have occurred for the product you […]
Describe how MLT will build trust within the team based on your reading.
A new medical products company that specializes in products that benefit the disabled, began about a year ago. They realized that product development is further enhanced when their creative product developers and engineers work in teams. The company vision is: Provide enabling products to enhance lives. Their mission is to provide products that make daily […]
Evaluate three types of business strategies and determine which is most appropriate for the business you choose based upon your grand strategy.
Discuss your company or choose an existing company, and imagine you have been brought in to help them restructure. In 8-10-pages, address the following: Briefly identify the company and provide a short explanation of why the company is seeking to restructure. Write a grand strategy plan addressing the 15 elements of grand strategy: Concentrated growth […]