Influence of polyvalence professionals on product development process efficiency

Strojarstvo

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-121

  Meglič, Jure ^a   Kern, Tomaž ^a   Urh, Benjamin ^a   Balkovec, Janez ^a   Roblek, Matjaž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allocation; CAD; Competencies; PDM; Polyvalence professionals; Product development process

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HIGH RESPONSE; KEY PROCESS; MARKET SHARE; NEW PRODUCT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; STRATEGIC RESOURCE;

COMPETITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77649316045     PISSN: 05621887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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