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A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development

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  • Tripathy, Anshuman
  • Eppinger, Steven D.

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Recent advances in engineering collaboration tools and internet technology have enabled the distribution of product development tasks to offshore sites and global outsourcing partners while still maintaining a tightly connected process. Most firms in complex engineering industries are indeed experimenting with various ways to structure their product development processes on a global basis. In this research, we have explored global product development structures from the perspectives of process flow and system architecture. We employ the design structure matrix method to display and explain these structures and our observations thereof. Through five case studies spanning electronics, equipment, and aerospace industries, we consider the interaction complexity inherent in various global work distribution strategies. We conclude the paper with a summary and directions for future research work.

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  • Tripathy, Anshuman & Eppinger, Steven D., 2007. "A System Architecture Approach to Global Product Development," Working papers 37283, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:mit:sloanp:37283
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    Global Product Development; System Architecture;

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