CONTENTS
List of Contributors = ⅸ
1 Restructuring Product Development and Production Networks : Introduction to the Book / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 1
The Challenge of Time to Market : Responses by Industries
2 Shortening Lead Time through Early Problem-solving - A New Round of Capability-building Competition in the Auto Industry / Takahiro Fujimoto = 23
3 The Machine Tool Industry : New Market Challenges and the Crisis of the Traditional German Pattern of Innovation / Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen = 55
4 Turnkey Production Networks : The Organizational Delinking of Production from Innovation / Timothy J. Sturgeon = 67
5 Making Large Teams Work Like Small Teams : Product Development at Microsoft / Michael A. Cusumano = 85
Comparing National-specific Approaches in the Machine Tool, Automobile and PC Industries
6 Communication and Cooperation in the New Product and Process Development Networks - an International Comparison of Country- and Industry-specific Patterns / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 107
7 Reorganizing Process Chains in the German and American Machine Tool Industry / Inge Lippert = 149
8 The Italian Machine Tool Industry Towards Product Development Networks / Secondo Rolfo = 181
9 Changing Strategies and Processes in the Japanese Machine Tool Product Development / Masato Kobayashi = 199
10 Reorganizing the Product and Process Development of an Italian Car Manufacturer / Giuseppe Calabrese = 225
11 Toward New Product and Process Development Networks : The Case of the German Car Industry / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 259
12 Involving Manufacturing Employees in the Early Stages of Product Development : A Case Study from the U. S. Automobile Industry / Carol J. Haddad = 289
13 The New Product Development System of the Japanese Automobile Industry / Masayoshi Ikeda = 313
14 Reduction of Development Lead Time Through Improvements in the Development Process and Innovations in Production Technology - Reconfirmation of Japanese-Style Supplier Relations. Evidence from a Case Study / Shoichiro Sei = 341
15 Industry Hegemony and Company Product Development Performance in the Personal Computer Industry / Helmut Dr$$\ddot u$$ke = 357
Potential and Use of Information and Communication Technology
16 Information and Communication Technologies to Support Cooperation in the Product Development Process / Oliver Tegel = 389
17 CAD／CAM Utilization Patterns in Japan and Germany / Hiroyuki Okamuro = 407
Beyond the Management and Engineering Perspective
18 Knowledge Management is the Key Prerequisite for the Improvement of New Product and Process Development / Veronika Lullies = 427
19 Creating Systemic Capability for Consistent High Performance New Product Development / Edward F. McDonoughⅢ ; Abbie Griffin = 441
20 General Conclusion / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 459
Index = 465
List of Contributors = ⅸ
1 Restructuring Product Development and Production Networks : Introduction to the Book / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 1
The Challenge of Time to Market : Responses by Industries
2 Shortening Lead Time through Early Problem-solving - A New Round of Capability-building Competition in the Auto Industry / Takahiro Fujimoto = 23
3 The Machine Tool Industry : New Market Challenges and the Crisis of the Traditional German Pattern of Innovation / Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen = 55
4 Turnkey Production Networks : The Organizational Delinking of Production from Innovation / Timothy J. Sturgeon = 67
5 Making Large Teams Work Like Small Teams : Product Development at Microsoft / Michael A. Cusumano = 85
Comparing National-specific Approaches in the Machine Tool, Automobile and PC Industries
6 Communication and Cooperation in the New Product and Process Development Networks - an International Comparison of Country- and Industry-specific Patterns / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 107
7 Reorganizing Process Chains in the German and American Machine Tool Industry / Inge Lippert = 149
8 The Italian Machine Tool Industry Towards Product Development Networks / Secondo Rolfo = 181
9 Changing Strategies and Processes in the Japanese Machine Tool Product Development / Masato Kobayashi = 199
10 Reorganizing the Product and Process Development of an Italian Car Manufacturer / Giuseppe Calabrese = 225
11 Toward New Product and Process Development Networks : The Case of the German Car Industry / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 259
12 Involving Manufacturing Employees in the Early Stages of Product Development : A Case Study from the U. S. Automobile Industry / Carol J. Haddad = 289
13 The New Product Development System of the Japanese Automobile Industry / Masayoshi Ikeda = 313
14 Reduction of Development Lead Time Through Improvements in the Development Process and Innovations in Production Technology - Reconfirmation of Japanese-Style Supplier Relations. Evidence from a Case Study / Shoichiro Sei = 341
15 Industry Hegemony and Company Product Development Performance in the Personal Computer Industry / Helmut Dr$$\ddot u$$ke = 357
Potential and Use of Information and Communication Technology
16 Information and Communication Technologies to Support Cooperation in the Product Development Process / Oliver Tegel = 389
17 CAD／CAM Utilization Patterns in Japan and Germany / Hiroyuki Okamuro = 407
Beyond the Management and Engineering Perspective
18 Knowledge Management is the Key Prerequisite for the Improvement of New Product and Process Development / Veronika Lullies = 427
19 Creating Systemic Capability for Consistent High Performance New Product Development / Edward F. McDonoughⅢ ; Abbie Griffin = 441
20 General Conclusion / Ulrich J$$\ddot u$$rgens = 459
Index = 465