The influence of information technology in new product development: Observations of an empirical study of the access of engineering design information

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-375

  Court, A W ^a   Culley, S J ^b   McMahon, C A ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ENGINEERING DESIGN INFORMATION; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031257972     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-4012(97)00016-9     Document Type: Article

References (136)

1. Smith, P. G. and Reinertson, D. G., Developing Products in Half the Time. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991.
2. Steudee, H. J. and Desruelle, P., Manufacturing in the Nineties - How To Become a Lean, Mean World-Class Competitor. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1992.
3. Womack, J. P., Jones, D. T. and Roos, D., The Machine that Changed the World. Rawson Associates, NY, 1990.
4. Simons, G. R., Facilitating the role of the knowledge supplier in customer product design. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing (FAIM '94), Blacksburg, VA, 1994, pp. 303-310.
5. Whitney, D., Manufacturing by design Harvard Business Review, 1988, July-August 83-91.
6. Nevins, J. L. and Whitney, D., Concurrent Design of Products and Processes: A Strategy for the Next Generation. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, USA, 1989.
7. National Research Council, Improving Engineering Design: Design for Competitive Advantage. Committee on Engineering Design Theory and Methodology, Manufacturing Studies Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council. National Academy Press, Washington DC, USA, 1991.
8. Rzevski, G., On criteria for assessing an information theory, Computer Journal, 1985, 28(3), 200-202; Hollingum, J., Implementing an Information Strategy in Manufacture: A Practical Approach. IFS (Publications) Ltd UK/Springer Verlag, 1987.
9. Rzevski, G., On criteria for assessing an information theory, Computer Journal, 1985, 28(3), 200-202; Hollingum, J., Implementing an Information Strategy in Manufacture: A Practical Approach. IFS (Publications) Ltd UK/Springer Verlag, 1987.
10. Hollingum, J., Implementing an Information Strategy in Manufacture: A Practical Approach. IFS Publications Ltd, UK, 1987.
11. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., The importance of information transfer between the designer and manufacturer. In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Information Management, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 1994.
12. Pahl, G. and Beitz, W., Engineering Design. The Design Council, London, UK, 1984.
13. Pugh, S., Total Design. Addison Wesley, UK, 1990.
14. Cave, P. R. and Noble, C. E. I., Engineering design data management. In Proceedings 1st Int. Conference on Engineering Management: Theory and Applications, ed. D. J. Leech, J. Middleton, and G. N. Pande. M. Jackson & Son, Swansea UK, 1986, pp. 301-307.
15. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., A Survey of Information Access And Storage Amongst Engineering Designers, The University of Bath, UK, 1993.
16. Puttre, M. Information access diagrams: a technigue for analysing the usage of design information. Product Data Management. Mechanical Engineering, 1991, October, 81-83.
17. Rangan, R. M. and Fulton, R. E., A Data management strategy to control design and manufacturing Information. Journal of Engineering With Computers, 1991, 7, 63-78.
18. Culley, S. J. and Webber, S., Implementation requirements for electronic standard component catalogues. In Proceedings of IMechE Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 296, 1992.
19. Armour, J., A new chapter opens for trade catalogues. Industrial Technology, 1993, June, 8-9.
20. Cebon, D., Ashby, M. F. and Chong, W. T., Selecting materials in design. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '93), The Hague, The Netherlands, 1993, pp. 955-958.
21. Theobald, G., Culley, S. J., Adjerian, N. J. S. and Vogwell, J., The modelling of engineering sub-assemblies based on standard components. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '93), The Hague, The Netherlands, 1993, pp. 1551-1558.
22. Culley, S. J. and Wallace, A. P., The modelling of engineering assemblies based on standard components. In Computer Aided Conceptual Design, Lancaster Workshop on Engineering Design. Lancaster, UK, 1994, pp. 113-130.
23. Macleod, A., Mcgregor, D. R. and Hutton, G. H., Accessing of information for engineering design. Design Studies, 1994, 15(3 (July)), 260-269.
24. McMahon, C. A. and Browne, J., CADCAM: From Principles to Practice. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1993.
25. Angus, J. and Murdoch, T., Supporting product definition decisions. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '93), The Hague, The Netherlands, 1993, pp. 1725-1733.
26. Martin, J. M., Accessing of information for engineering design. Making Information Flow. Manufacturing Engineering, 1989 May, 75-78.
27. Pye, A., CIM 90 Preview, Design Engineering, 1990 October.
28. March, J. and Trott, F. Accessing of information for engineering design. Databases for Engineers. Professional Engineering, 1988, 1(7), 29-32.
29. Jeffery, K. G., Data Modelling and Database Design, Seminar for EASE Education and Awareness Programme, held at the Rutherford Appleton laboratory' Didcot, UK, 9th December, 1994.
30. Salzberg, S. and Watkins, M., Managing information for concurrent engineering: challenges and barriers. Research In Engineering Design, 1990, 2, 35-52.
31. Op. cit., Ref 14.
32. Pahl, G. and Beitz, W., Engineering Design, ed. K. M. Wallace. The Design Council, London, UK, 1984.
33. Rouse, W. B., Management On the value of information in system design: a framework for understanding and aiding designers. Information Processing, 1986, 22, 217-228.
34. Op. cit., Ref 8.
35. Bush, J. B. and Frohman, A. L., Communication in a 'network' organization. Organizational Dynamics, 1991, 20(2), 23-36.
36. Boston, O. P., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., Designers and suppliers modelling the flow of information. In Proceedings of ILCE '96, Paris, 14-17 October, 1996.
37. Lengel, R. H., Managerial Information Processing and Communication Media Source Selection Behaviour. PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University, 1983.
38. Levy, S., Subrahmanian, E., Konda, S., Coyne, R., Westerberg, A. and Reich, Y., An Overview of the n-dim Environment. Engineering Design Research Centre, No EDRC -05-65-93, January, 1993.
39. Daft, R. L. and Lengel, R. H., Information richness: a new approach to managerial behaviour and organisation design. Research in Organisational Behaviour, 1984, 6, 191-233.
40. Ebert, R. J., Slusher, E. A. and Ragsdell, K. M., Information flows in product engineering design productivity. In 1st International Conference on Engineering Management: Theory and Application, Swansea, 1986, pp. 329-336.
41. Holland, W. E., Stead, B. A. and Leibrock, R. C., Information channel/ source selection as a correlate of technical uncertainty in a research and development organization. IEEE Transactions On Engineering Management, 1976, 23, 163-167.
42. Op. cit., Ref 38.
43. Op. cit., Ref 26.
44. Liker, J. and Hancock, W., Organizational systems barriers to engineering effectiveness. IEEE Transactions On Engineering Management, 1986, EM-33, 82-91.
45. Allen, T. J., Managing The Flow Of Information. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1977.
46. Rangan, R. M. and Fulton, R. E., A data management strategy to control design and manufacturing information. Engineering With Computers, 1991, 7, 63-78.
47. Op. cit., Ref 38.
48. Harland, C. M., Networks and Globalisation - A Review of Research, EPSRC Grant No. GRK 53178. Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK, 1995.
49. Op. cit., Ref 34.
50. Hameri, A.-P. and Nihtilä, J., Distributed new product development based on electronic communication - a case study, submitted to the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
51. Op. cit., Ref 49.
52. Blotwijk, M., EDI in the process industry. Human Systems Management, 1993, 12, 49-53.
53. Op. cit., Ref 51.
54. Henderson, J. C., Building and Sustaining Partnerships Between Line and I/S Managers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Centre for Information Systems Research, No. 195, September, 1989.
55. Safoutin, M. J. and Thurston, D. L., A communications-based technique for interdisciplinary design team management. IEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1993, 40(4(November)), 360-372.
56. News Item, Professional Engineering, 1996, 9(11), 4.
57. Turner, B., Senior Clayton Fellowship Final Report: Information For Engineering Design Work. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1978.
58. Sanvido, V. E., Kumara, S. and Ham, I., A top-down approach to integrating the building process. Engineering With Computers, 1989, 5, 91-103.
59. CALS, Application of Concurrent Engineering to Mechanical Systems Design, CALSTR 002, Washington DC, USA, 1989.
60. STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data, ISO TC184/SC4/ WG1, October, DP 10303, 1988.
61. Chadha, B., Fulton, R. E. and Calhoun, J. C., Case study approach for information - integration of material handling, ASME Engineering Databases: An Engineering Resource, 1991.
62. Poon, S. Y., Information systems - a management question. Professional Engineering, 1991, 4(1), 12-13.
63. Botterill, E., Cutting the paper mountain. Professional Engineering, January 1992, 5(1), 30-32.
64. Stauffer, L. A. and Ullman, D. G., Fundamental Process of Mechanical Designers Based on Empirical Data. Journal of Engineering Design, 1991, 2(2), 113-125.
65. Op. cit., Ref 22.
66. Op. cit., Ref 54.
67. Op. cit., Ref 56.
68. Op. cit., Ref 63.
69. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and Mcmahon, C. A., Information sources and storage methods for engineering data. In Proceedings of the 2nd ASME Biennial European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design & Analysis (EDSA '94), PD-Vol. 64-5, London, 4-7 July, 1994, pp. 9-16.
70. Wilkin, A., The Information Needs of Practitioners: A Review of the Literature. University of London, British Library R&D Report No 5611, February, 1981.
71. Stauffer, L. A., Ullman, D. G. and Dietterich, T. G., Protocol analysis of mechanical engineering design. In Proceedings Of The International Conference On Engineering Design, 1987, pp. 74-85.
72. Schuman, H. L., Information Transfer in Engineering. The Futures Group, Glastonbury, 1981.
73. Schwarzwalder, B., Information access: more options for engineers. Automotive Engineering, February 1992, 100(2), 51-54.
74. Fleischer, M. and Liker, J. K., The Hidden Professionals: Product Designers and Their Impact on Quality. IEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1992, 39(3 (August)), 254-264.
75. Op. cit., Ref 56.
76. PittS, G., Retrieving and handling design information. Efficiency in the Design Office, Mechanical Engineering Publications, UK, 1983, pp. 49-53.
77. Eder, W. E., Information systems for designers. In Proceedings Of The International Conference On Engineering Design, 1989, pp. 1307-1319.
78. Op. cit., Ref 62.
79. Op. cit., Ref 29.
80. Op. cit., Ref 37.
81. Op. cit., Ref 17.
82. Op. cit., Ref 18.
83. Op. cit., Ref 43.
84. Will, P., Simulation and modelling in early concept design. International Conference On The Application Of Manufacturing Technologies (ICAMT). Alexandria, VA, 18th April, 1991.
85. Op. cit., Ref 22.
86. Wallace, K. M. and Hales, C., Engineering design research areas. In Proceedings Of The International Conference On Engineering Design, 1989 pp. 555-562.
87. Op. cit., Ref 45.
88. Schierbeck, B. B., The profile of the engineering designer in the nineties. In Proceedings Of The International Conference On Engineering Design, 1989, pp. 201-210.
89. Op. cit., Ref 54.
90. Op. cit., Ref 8.
91. Bradley, S. R. and Agogino, A. M., Knowledge capture for concurrent design. In Proceedings Of The Winter Annual Meeting ASME Prod Eng Div., Vol.47, 1990, pp. 17-30.
92. Op. cit., Ref 16.
93. Op. cit., Ref 22.
94. Op. cit., Ref 87.
95. Yeaple, R. N., Why are small R & D organizations more productive. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1992, 39(4), 332-346.
96. Op. cit., Ref 29.
97. Op. cit., Ref 62.
98. Op. cit., Ref 69.
99. Op. cit., Ref 72.
100. Reynard, K. W., Extracting metals information. Professional Engineering, June 1991, 4(6), 35-36.
101. Maccallum, M., Computer algebra: tomorrow's calculator. New Scientist, 1986, 1531, 52-55.
102. Op. cit., Ref 75.
103. Op. cit., Ref 75.
104. Op. cit., Ref 70.
105. Kuffner, T. A. and Ullman, D. G., The information requests of mechanical design engineers. Design Studies, 1991, 12(1 (January)), 42-50.
106. Devine, D. J. and Kozlowski, S. W. J., Domain-specific knowledge and task characteristics in decision making. Organisational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes, 1995, 64(3), 294-306.
107. Op. cit., Ref 35.
108. Op. cit., Ref 94.
109. Almli, F., A study of information flow during the product development process. In Proceedings Of The International Conference On Engineering Design, 1988, pp. 17-23.
110. Wong, A. and Sirram, D., SHARED: An information model for cooperative product development. Research In Engineering Design, 1993, 5, 2139.
111. Rasmussen, J., Value of Information in Supervisory Control. In Proceedings of the Second Symposium on Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Science, Georgia Institute Of Technology, Atlanta, October, 1985.
112. Op. cit., Ref 27.
113. Op. cit., Ref 99.
114. Op. cit., Ref 71.
115. Nochur, K. S. and Allen, T. J., Do nominated boundary spanners become effective technology gatekeepers? IEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1992 39(3), 265-269.
116. Sheen, R., Barriers to scientific and technical knowledge acquisition in industrial R & D. R & D Management, 1992, 22(2), 135-143.
117. Ullman, D. G., The Mechanical Design Process. McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1992.
118. Clark, K. B., Project scope and project performance: the effect of parts strategy and supplier involvement on product development. Management Science, 1989, 35(10), 1247-1263.
119. Op. cit., Ref 51.
120. Sanford, L., Managers need total information. Professional Engineering, October, 1989, 12(9), 22-23.
121. Bögler, D., Computers on the blink. The Daily Telegraph, Monday September 18th 1995.
122. Granstrand, O., Bohlin, E., Oskarsson, C. and Sjoberg, N., External technology acquisition in large multi-technology corporations. R & D Management, 1992, 22(2), 111-133.
123. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., The Information requirements of engineering designers. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Engineering Design, The Hague, Netherlands, 1993, pp. 1708-1715.
124. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., Information sources and storage methods for engineering data. In Proceedings of the 2nd ASME Biennial European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design & Analysis (EDSA '94), PD-Vol. 64-5, London, 4-7 July, 1994, pp. 9-16.
125. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., Modelling the information access methods of engineering designers. ASME Design Engineering Conferences, 1995, 83(2), 547-554.
126. Court, A. W., Culley, S. J. and McMahon, C. A., Information access diagrams: a technigue for analysing the usage of design information. Journal of Engineering Design, 1996, 7(1), 55-75.
127. Galliers, R. D., An approach to information needs analysis. Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT'84, 1985, pp. 619-628.
128. Op. cit., Ref 8.
129. Shaw, N. K., Bloor, S. and De Pennington, A., Product data models. Research In Engineering Design, 1989, 1, 43-50.
130. Pugh, S., The engineering designer - his task and information needs. Information Systems for Designers, University of Southampton, UK, 1977, pp. 63-66.
131. Stamper, R. K., Towards a theory of information. Computer Journal, 1985, 28(3), 195-199.
132. Konsynski, B. R. and Warbelow, A., Cooperating to Compete, Harvard University Working Paper No. 89-02, 1989.
133. Trueman, M. and Jobber, D., Design Time: New Product Design and Corporate Success, University of Bradford, 1993.
134. Culley, S. J. and Chawdhry, P. K., Flying around the wide world of the web. Design Engineering, 1996 January, 24-26.
135. Op. cit., Ref 56.
136. Hyde, W. F. Improving productivity by classification, coding and data base standardization. Marcel Dekker Inc, 1981.