Management Framework for the Highly Iterative and Integrated Product and Production Process Development (HIP3D)

Abstract

The increasing technological progress and global competition are leading to a changing market environment. To remain competitive, companies must meet customer requirements as quickly and individually as possible. Accordingly, products must be developed faster, more cost-effectively, and in a customer-centric way. However, this cannot be achieved by plan-driven development approaches since sequential development of product and production process leads to long lead times and increases the effort to integrate late changes into the development. Agile approaches provide initial solutions for customer-oriented product development but neglect the integration of production process development. An approach that considers both is the highly iterative and integrated product and production process development (HIP <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> D). It presents a possibility to enable shorter development cycles, greater customer involvement, and a reduction of time-to-market. However, this approach requires a change in organizational structure and lacks a management framework. Accordingly, characteristics of the HIP <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> D are derived, central positions in the company are identified, and an organizational structure is presented. Additionally, an overview of the tools and methods in the framework and relevant KPIs are presented.