New product development (NPD) can be described as both complex and multidisciplinary,
and also as an activity that often requires significant amounts of design knowledge …

S mall-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in new product development (NPD)
face many challenges including minimizing NPD costs, meeting high quality demands, and …

New product development is a complex process that requires industry-specific knowledge to
produce commercially viable solutions, and it is this specialist knowledge that enables …

With increased market pressures now imposed on companies there is a greater requirement
for information and knowledge to be considered as fundamental resources; the need to …

Product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of knowledge needs of designers,
and many tools and methods have been proposed to support these needs. However …

C reating an effective work environment and process is necessary for successful product
design and development. Literature and design managers explain their unique design …

Successful new product development (NPD) requires effective strategies for reducing risk.
Knowledge management systems (KMS) have the potential to aid in risk reduction, eg by …

The changing competitive landscape has brought new forces to bear on the manner in
which new products are developed. These forces have put the creation and dissemination of …

T he National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR) has generated
extensive case study material based on over 20 successful Knowledge Transfer …

Product design is a highly involved, often ill-defined, complex and iterative process, and the
needs and specifications of the required artifact get more refined only as the design process …