Overlapping and Frontloading

This paper clarifies the mechanisms and conditions for improving product development performance in overlapping development processes. The (1) product design (upstream) process and (2) mass production preparation (downstream) process are interdependent. Yet, the results of case studies of Company X...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masato ITOHISA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Business Research Center 2013-12-01
Series:Annals of Business Administrative Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/12/6/12_291/_pdf/-char/en