The Power of Product Platforms: Creating and Sustaining Robust Corporations

The Power of Product Platforms: Creating and Sustaining Robust Corporations

by Alvin Lehnerd (Author), Marc H. Meyer (Author)

Synopsis

Drawing on in-depth case examples from Black & Decker, Hewlett-Packard, and others, this guide demonstrates how to build entire families of products from a single platform of common product structures, technologies, and automated product processes. This guide explains how this strategy spearheads a more advanced, second-generation product platform.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 07 Jul 1997

ISBN 10: 0684825805
ISBN 13: 9780684825809

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Joel S. BirnbaumSenior Vice President or Research and Development, Hewlett-Packard ComapanyAn unusually clear assessment of the difficulties of product development at today's frenetic pace, where rapid changes in technology wreak havoc on companies who do not adjust rapidly to new customer needs and competitive threats. The authors provide a comprehensive and pragmatic prescription that will help both technologists and business people improve competitiveness.