Product development is facing a fundamental challenge. Unfortunately, at the very moment when companies need to make better products more efficiently, previous performance innovations in product ...

Figure 1. Preclinical testing and clinical testing must be part of this generic product development cycle (click to enlarge). Contract research organizations (CROs) used to be considered premarket- or ...

The small business environment today is very dynamic and competitive, and new product development is a crucial process if you want to survive. For small enterprises to withstand competition from ...

While Lean principles have been known and applied in a variety of manufacturing processes, the applications in product development have been slower to come. Several companies have also applied Lean to ...

Product development strategy is the process of bringing a new innovation to consumers from concept to testing through distribution. When existing business revenue platforms have plateaued, it is time ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Product development processes were not a big deal until 1983, when several noteworthy articles outlined the merits of ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Metrics for product development were quite simple in the 1980s. Companies measured R&D spending, counted their patents, ...