Front-end innovation at AlliedSignal and Alcoa

Research Technology Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 15-24

  Smith, Gregory R ^a,b,c,d,e   Herbein, William C ^f,g,h   Morris, Robert C ^i,j,k,l  

^a Strat Industry Research Foundation   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c AlliedSignal   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ Alcoa ^*

^j LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k AlliedSignal Corporate R and D

^l RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FRONT END INNOVATION PROCESS; LEAN MANUFACTURING; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033226913     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.1999.11671313     Document Type: Article

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