A Support System for managing Early Supplier Involvement in New Product Development

A Support System for managing Early Supplier Involvement in New Product Development

Oyola Perez, Alvaro

Ludema, M.W. (mentor)
Kamp, L.M. (mentor)
Wiemer, J. (mentor)
Lukszo, Z. (mentor)

Technology, Policy and Management

Engineering Systems and Services

2017-03-27

In many sectors, companies are striving to involve suppliers in early phases of product development. This involvement aims at fulfilling new market and business demands such as reducing development time, reducing time-to-market, improving product quality or facilitating the launch of products in a highly competitive environment. In this context, this paper aims at investigating how early supplier involvement can be applied in new product development phases so as to deliver positive outcomes in terms of reducing time to market, improving quality or reducing costs. Especial mention will be given to how the concept of early supplier involvement can be sketched in a conceptual model in such a way that it can helps to predict the performance of the project by evaluating the critical success factors that foster the collaboration between buyer and supplier. The results confirm the positive relationship between an effective involvement of the supplier led by a relationship of high quality which positively influences the performance. The results also suggest that certain elements of the involvement are more likely to improve the timing and the extent, leading to significant improvements in cost, quality and time-to-market objectives. Future research is needed in order to further validate the conceptual model proposed.

Buyer-supplier relationship
Supplier relationship management
New product development
Early supplier involvement
Collaboration

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2017 A. Oyola Perez