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Achieving Product Excellence is not only a matter of developing low cost products with extended guarantee periods. In today’s highly competitive marketplace these features alone will not ensure long term success. The full impact of poor quality on cost and company reputation are now well recognized, but there are many other factors that determine the profitability of products and long term viability of a company. To achieve product excellence, consideration must be given to meeting and/or exceeding customer expectations; maximizing return on investment as quickly as possible; optimizing product development times; allowing for environmental and service considerations; achieving high profit/low cost ratios etc. It is now clear that more than 70% of the life long success of a product is “committed” at the early stages of the product development cycle. Today more than ever before, organizations realize the need to get the design right from the start and companies leading the world in product development have defined the strategies and procedures necessary to achieve product excellence. It is important
to know what these techniques are, but also when and how to use them.
Attached are some brief reviews of the most popular techniques. For more
information on any of these topics please contact:
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