A Research on the Relationships Between Early Manufacturing Involvement in New Product Development and Manufacturing Performance - Empirical Research on Taiwaness Auto-Parts Industry

• Main Authors: CHUNG,KUO-KUEI, 鍾國貴
• Other Authors: LAI,SHYH-BAO
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1995
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92700546024008387467

博士 === 國立政治大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 83 === The Early Manufacturing Involvement(EMI) theory has indicated that functional integration can increase the organizations infor- mation processing capability,hence improving performance. However, the theory is only a conceptual description or built upon case study.It lacks of enough empirical researches to verify such a theory.Besides,the new product development(NPD) process includes so many activities.It is not cost justification to let the down stream involve in all of these activities.The theory does not in- dicate the role of the integrating party''s capability while the party intends to increase its performance. The data were collected by interviewing managers of the R&D and Operation of the major Taiwaness Auto-Parts campanies.139 usable structured questionnaires were collected.The major findings are as following: (1)The degree of EMI is not significantly correlated with the manufacturing performance of NPD.The manufacturing department in sample firms with higher manufacturing performance of NPD involve more in activities of product planning stage and product testing stage. (2)The completeness of NPD activity is significantly interact- ing with the degree of EMI on the manufacturing performance of NPD except for the quality dimension. (3)The manufacturing capability is significantly interacting with the degree of EMI on the manufacturing performance.