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Developing with the Best: Survey of Product Development within UK Industry

Keith Nichols (The Manufacturing Consultant Director at EDS, UK. He was formerly UK Marketing Manager (concurrent engineering) for Digital Equipment Co Ltd., and prior to joining Digital he spent some 15 years in shipbuilding, defence, electronics, and CAD/CAM organizations. He has worked and managed various product functions including design, production engineering, support and marketing. He has first hand experience, in moving organizations over to product teams and implementing right “first time” methods. Mr Nichols may be contacted at EDS, Pembroke House, Pembroke Broadway, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3XD. Tel: 0276 686200.)

World Class Design to Manufacture

ISSN: 1352-3074

Article publication date: 1 April 1994

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Abstract

Operational improvement is being overtaken by the ability to bring superior, cheaper products on to the market in amazingly short periods of time. EDS and the Design Council joined forces to initiate the UK Benchmarking Survey examining how well UK manufacturing companies are performing in bringing new products to the market. Questionnaires, sent out in 1992 to a range of discrete manufacturing companies in the UK, sought opinions from the board room down to the planning offices. Surveys included questions on time predictability, cast predictability and engineering changes. Results show a small group of companies are capable of competing on the top level, while many other companies have potential but lack the ability to convert investment into results.

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Nichols, K. (1994), "Developing with the Best: Survey of Product Development within UK Industry", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/09642369210054225

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