Strategic Product Creation is a true working guide to developing market-savvy, cost-effective products and services. Delivering expert guidance in the five key stages of product development, authors Ronald Kerber and Timothy Laseter present real-world examples of industry leaders who have produced innovative products-giving you a foolproof blueprint for delivering customer satisfaction without breaking the bank.
- Provides not only practical experience, but a solid conceptual framework for developing your own product creation model
- Highlights seven principles of effective product creation
- Features instructive case studies of world-class leaders such as Walt Disney Imagineering, Whirlpool Corporation, Mars, Inc., and IBM
- Includes key questions and milestone decision issues from each stage of the product creation process
- Covers both short- and long-term strategies, coupled with suggestions for advanced technology
- Explains how to combine customer knowledge with external market needs to stimulate new product and service ideas
- Reveals ways to utilize your suppliers as a talent pool for process improvement and product innovation
- Addresses sensitive issues of branding and intellectual property rights
Strategic Product Creation is a true working guide to developing market-savvy, cost-effective products and services. Delivering expert guidance in the five key stages of product development, authors Ronald Kerber and Timothy Laseter present real-world examples of industry leaders who have produced innovative products-giving you a foolproof blueprint for delivering customer satisfaction without breaking the bank.
- Provides not only practical experience, but a solid conceptual framework for developing your own product creation model
- Highlights seven principles of effective product creation
- Features instructive case studies of world-class leaders such as Walt Disney Imagineering, Whirlpool Corporation, Mars, Inc., and IBM
- Includes key questions and milestone decision issues from each stage of the product creation process
- Covers both short- and long-term strategies, coupled with suggestions for advanced technology
- Explains how to combine customer knowledge with external market needs to stimulate new product and service ideas
- Reveals ways to utilize your suppliers as a talent pool for process improvement and product innovation
- Addresses sensitive issues of branding and intellectual property rights
Strategic Product Creation: Deliver Customer Satisfaction from Every Level of Your Company
336
Strategic Product Creation: Deliver Customer Satisfaction from Every Level of Your Company
336Hardcover(1ST)
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780071486552 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | McGraw Hill LLC |
| Publication date: | 12/22/2006 |
| Edition description: | 1ST |
| Pages: | 336 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.05(d) |