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The power of product platforms : building value and cost leadership
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The power of product platforms : building value and cost leadership

Author: Marc H Meyer; Alvin P Lehnerd
Publisher: New York : Free Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Marc H. Meyer and Alvin P. Lehnerd provide a formula for turning products into profits, enabling companies to design technologically superior products more easily. Their solution is, in two words, Product Platforms. They argue that firms must focus their energies on developing families of products simultaneously which share common components and technology." "The authors describe how the champions of product  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marc H Meyer; Alvin P Lehnerd
ISBN: 0684825805 9780684825809
OCLC Number: 35235079
Description: xiv, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The Power of Product Platforms --
2. Managing Product Platforms --
3. Platform Strategy --
4. Achieving Product Elegance Through Composite Design --
5. Organizing for Renewal --
6. Measuring the Performance of Product Families --
7. Product Family and Platform Concepts for Software --
8. Electronic Information Products --
9. Bridging to the Future.
Responsibility: Marc H. Meyer, Alvin P. Lehnerd.
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"Marc H. Meyer and Alvin P. Lehnerd provide a formula for turning products into profits, enabling companies to design technologically superior products more easily. Their solution is, in two words, Product Platforms. They argue that firms must focus their energies on developing families of products simultaneously which share common components and technology." "The authors describe how the champions of product development separate themselves from less sophisticated companies by building entire families of strong products from a single "platform" of common product structures, technologies, and automated product processes. These successful companies recognize and respond to new market opportunities by integrating core skills and technology in the form of new products. In this easy-to-read and practical book, the authors masterfully elucidate this dynamic and forward-thinking strategy which enables companies to develop innovative products faster, more cheaply, and with less effort."--BOOK JACKET.

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