1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002510530403321

Titolo

The Proper Study of Mankind / Stuart Chase

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Phoenix House, 1957

Descrizione fisica

XII, 327 p. ; 22 cm

Locazione

MAS

Collocazione

XXVII-A-67

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463888103321

Autore

Kahn Kenneth B.

Titolo

Product planning essentials / / Kenneth B. Kahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-2608-X

1-315-70151-0

1-78268-895-1

1-317-46208-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

658.5/75

Soggetti

New products

Production planning

Production management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2011 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction to Product Planning"";



""Product Planning Defined""; ""Product Planning Roles""; ""Product, Service, or Both""; ""What Is a Product?""; ""Defining Product by the Nature of Innovation""; ""Defining Product by the Nature of Market Demand""; ""Defining Product by the Company�s Internal Perspective""; ""Defining What Is Meant by “New Product�""; ""The Growing Emphasis on Product Planning""; ""So Why Is Product Planning Difficult?""; ""2. Strategy and Process""

""The Strategic Planning Process""""New Product Strategy""; ""The Product Development Process""; ""Implementing a Product Development Process""; ""Evaluating the Product Development Process""; ""Initiatives to Reduce Cost or Time""; ""3. Organizing People""; ""Department Responsibilities""; ""Interdepartmental Integration""; ""Organization Structure""; ""Team Types""; ""Distinguishing the Core Team, Ad Hoc Team, and Extended Team""; ""Team Roles""; ""Factors for Team Effectiveness""; ""4. Opportunity Identification""; ""Sources of Opportunity""; ""Segmentation of the Market and Technology""

""Market Segmentation""""Empirical Methods for Market Segmentation: Similarity and Dissimilarity Analyses""; ""Technology Segmentation""; ""The Product Innovation Charter""; ""Screening the PIC""; ""Sample Market-Related Criteria""; ""Sample Technology-Related Criteria""; ""5. Concept Generation""; ""The Product Concept Statement""; ""Concept Generation Techniques""; ""Needs Assessment""; ""Scenario Analysis""; ""Group Creativity""; ""Attribute Analysis""; ""Relationship Analysis""; ""Lateral Search""; ""Creativity""; ""6. Concept Evaluation""; ""Product Development Charter Review""

""Concept Testing""""Scoring Models""; ""Snake Plots""; ""Financial Analysis""; ""ATAR Model""; ""Applying the ATAR Model to Other Business Contexts""; ""Expected Commercial Value Approach""; ""Summary""; ""7. Technical Development""; ""The Product Protocol""; ""Themes Underlying “Design for Excellence� Engineering""; ""Key Techniques to Aid Technical Development: Quality Function Deployment""; ""The Theory of Innovative Problem-Solving""; ""The Kano Model""; ""Quantifying the Kano Model""; ""Product Use Testing""; ""Structuring a Product Use Test""; ""8. Design""

""The Meaning of Design""""Product Design Situations""; ""Design Disciplines""; ""Industrial Design""; ""Graphic Design""; ""Interior Design""; ""9. Market Planning""; ""The Situation Analysis""; ""Industry Analysis""; ""Competitor Analysis""; ""Company Analysis""; ""Customer Analysis""; ""Sales Analysis""; ""Marketing Objectives""; ""Marketing Mix Activities""; ""Key Product Issues""; ""Key Distribution Issues""; ""Key Promotion Issues""; ""Key Pricing Issues""; ""Estimating the Marketing Strategy Budget""; ""Marketing Strategy Control""

""Entrepreneurship Thinking and Business Plan Development""

Sommario/riassunto

Both concise and comprehensive, this engaging text addresses the complex, interdisciplinary nature of