Multiprojeet enviromental and simple profuct: the parteicipation of maufacturing in product development process. / Ambiente de multiprojeto e produto simples: a participação da manufatura no processo de desenvolvimento de produtos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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This research studies the product and process development (PD) in three companies, in Brazil. The research takes place in a multi-project environment with simple products, this mean companies where the annual product and process innovation rate is very high. The companies studied belongs to candy food, cosmetics and shoes business segments. To better understand how the manufacturing participates in this process, its role and responsibilities, the study analyses the innovation process, how is the participation practices among the areas involved in the process of PD. The research identified, in the three companies studied, the high number of projects are managed in a sequential process of activities needed in the PD process, with some simultaneous activities. The manufacturing participation in the process is important since the beginning of the project, even if this is not written in organization charts or process structures in the company. The project portfolio is composed by several projects, where most of them are derivatives, incremental or topological. For these projects, if the manufacturing does not participate in the initial phases of the projects, this means the conceptual phase and main steps of the PD process; the project quality or timing may be affected. The eventual production participation in these initial phases is related to verification if this is a derivative project, and also to verify if the project development will not impact the production process. A management practice found in the cosmetics and shoes companies is the utilization of a "package" of "ready to go" projects that will guarantee the quality and service in innovation process flow. In the studied environment of multi-project and simple product, the physical colocalization of the project team in the three companies is partially substituted by the physical co-localization of the departments of P&D, Marketing and/or factory. This physical co-localization of the departments increase the integration among the team xvi members, as in this kind of PD environment there is no dedicated human resources to a single PD projects. The utilization of TPM methodologies, among others, is also used in some companies to help decrease product/process quality issues after product launching, in the its commercialization phase. The TPM methodology was observed its practice in three companies studied, but only in the candy food company it is used completely - 8 pillars, what includes the PD process and the areas involved in this process. This methodology helps manufacturing participate in the PD process in a more structured way.

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manufacturing inovações tecnológicas (administração) technological innovations (administration) product development desenvolvimento de produtos manufatura

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