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Improving co-development through process alignment

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Stephen Evans *
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Sarah Jukes
DOI:10.1108/01443570010332980delete
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There has been a recent surge of enthusiasm within the automotive industry to build closer supplier relationships the area of product development. One central deemed central to these relationships is the alignment of development processes between the collaborating organizations, ail area that is expanded upon within this paper. We suggest that synchronization can be achieved through the four key steps of process standardization, knowledge sharing, alignment of existing practices, and continuous elimination of waste within the joint development cycles. A methodology for implementing these stages is Presented along with the underlying principles an which it is based - the importance of joint teamworking and multi-company involvement within the alignment process is highlighted.
Keywords:
implementation
process improvement
suppliers
product development
design
automotive industry
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International Journal of Operations and Production Management
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