The effect of acceleration techniques on product development time

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Zirger, B J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TIME; TIME TO MARKET ACCELERATION TECHNIQUES;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030149461     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.509980     Document Type: Article

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