Exploiting cycle time in technology management
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Exploiting cycle time in technology management
（McGraw-Hill engineering and technology management series）
McGraw-Hill, c1992
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Description
Managing product development cycle time can significantly improve a company's performance. This book shows engineers and managers how to optimize cycle time for their particular product, industry, market and customers. Included is guidance on allocating time, managing the total work effort within specific time periods, and providing the right resources in order to gain a dominant market position. The book describes approaches used in Europe, Japan, and the United States, and introduces a useful three-dimensional optimization model.
Table of Contents
- Perspectives on managing cycle time
- grasping the basics of comprehensive cycle time management
- finding and acknowledging the sources of lost time
- business system cycle time
- product cycle time
- project cycle time
- time to decision
- comparative approaches in Europe and Japan
- managing the functional interfaces
- leveraging business unit resources
- introducing the project approach throughout the organization.
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