TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper describes the major barriers across the design‐manufacturing interface and examines ways to overcome them to achieve a smooth production start‐up. An integration model reveals that formalization facilitates a smooth production start‐up. Independent of the degree of formalization during the early development stages, a formal approach is preferred when the new product is introduced into production. Another facilitating factor is the empathy from design towards manufacturing, which can be stimulated by managerial actions. Although the complexity and newness of product and technology hinder a smooth production start‐up, their effect seems to vanish by introducing formalization and by striving for a design team that has empathy towards manufacturing.
VL  - 23
IS  - 11
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/01443570310501871
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570310501871
AU  - Vandevelde Anneke
AU  - Van Dierdonck Roland
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Managing the design‐manufacturing interface
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 1326
EP  - 1348
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -