Product Design (PD) currently faces challenges in new product development, since the
industry is in a rush to introduce new products into the market, with customers demanding …

Comprehensive process/project and product risk management is not easy to achieve due to
the complexity of products and projects, and the nature of standardized methods which are …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global disruption, but little is known about how it
impacted product development. Based on interviews of 24 practicing product development …

Unplanned design iterations are considered one of the reasons for the high failure rate of
new product development (NPD) projects. Generally, organisations employ 'proactive risk …

The increasing intensity of competition, environmental pressures and diversification of
customer demands call for integrated solutions, and this circumstance has propelled the …

Developing new products by multiple stakeholders is inclined to project delays and even
failures due to complex risk propagation, calling for accurate predictions of varying risk …

Nowadays quality management and specific tools can represent a challenge in SMEs (small
and medium enterprises). To assure the expected quality of the products, SPC (statistical …

Modern manufacturing organizations exist in the most complex and competitive environment
the world has ever known. This environment consists of demanding customers, enabling, but …

Changes of customer requirements (CRs) are inevitable disturbances for products which will
lead to product obsolescence or frequent redesign. The property of product defending and …

In the context of sustainable management, organizational resilience is gaining importance.
Manufacturing companies are increasingly exposed to external disturbances. At the same …