Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products
The 4th industrial revolution promoted the development of all countries in the world to get rid of the existing model, and realise the transformation, upgrading of manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and information industry. In a competitive economic environment, SMEs...
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| description | The 4th industrial revolution promoted the development of all countries in the world
to get rid of the existing model, and realise the transformation, upgrading of
manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and information
industry. In a competitive economic environment, SMEs are forced to improve their
operational performance and applying efficiency to simplify and speed up the
implementation of new product introductions to better control, coordinate, and
manage them. However, most of SMEs in China are unable to apply and produce the
sustainable products due to lack of knowledge of systematic and appropriate process,
especially in the early stage of product development. To fill this gap, a new sustainable
design with agility integrated framework is introduced for the sustainability and
optimisation development process of China’s SME products. The research focuses on
existing methods in product development as well as an agile approach that can be used
for better product design. Product designers and SMEs are involved as a respondent
through survey by questionnaire. The result acknowledged 24 sustainable product
design variables and eight (8) agility management variables that are significant for the
sustainability and optimisation product development process. Furthermore, the
research also introduced a new framework namely Agility of Sustainable Product
Development Process (ASPDP) as a guideline for product developers in the product
development process that can effectively be used to produce a sustainable product with
possible solutions and resources, systematic and efficient, and quick available in the
market as well as can increase product quality, reduce the development cost, and
increase profits of the SMEs. |
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| spelling | upm-1209252025-10-17T03:50:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120925/ Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products Zhao, Zhining The 4th industrial revolution promoted the development of all countries in the world to get rid of the existing model, and realise the transformation, upgrading of manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing, and information industry. In a competitive economic environment, SMEs are forced to improve their operational performance and applying efficiency to simplify and speed up the implementation of new product introductions to better control, coordinate, and manage them. However, most of SMEs in China are unable to apply and produce the sustainable products due to lack of knowledge of systematic and appropriate process, especially in the early stage of product development. To fill this gap, a new sustainable design with agility integrated framework is introduced for the sustainability and optimisation development process of China’s SME products. The research focuses on existing methods in product development as well as an agile approach that can be used for better product design. Product designers and SMEs are involved as a respondent through survey by questionnaire. The result acknowledged 24 sustainable product design variables and eight (8) agility management variables that are significant for the sustainability and optimisation product development process. Furthermore, the research also introduced a new framework namely Agility of Sustainable Product Development Process (ASPDP) as a guideline for product developers in the product development process that can effectively be used to produce a sustainable product with possible solutions and resources, systematic and efficient, and quick available in the market as well as can increase product quality, reduce the development cost, and increase profits of the SMEs. 2024-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/120925/1/120925.pdf Zhao, Zhining (2024) Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. http://ethesis.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18533 Manufacturing industries - Environmental aspects - China Sustainable design - China Industrial design - Environmental aspects |
| spellingShingle | Manufacturing industries - Environmental aspects - China Sustainable design - China Industrial design - Environmental aspects Zhao, Zhining Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title | Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title_full | Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title_fullStr | Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title_short | Agility of sustainable product development process framework for Chinese SME products |
| title_sort | agility of sustainable product development process framework for chinese sme products |
| topic | Manufacturing industries - Environmental aspects - China Sustainable design - China Industrial design - Environmental aspects |
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