Integrating product design into the supply chain

Omera Khan, Terje Stolte, Alessandro Creazza, Zaza Nadja Lee Herbert-Hansen

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    Abstract

    Purpose: The aim of the research is to illustrate how companies can create competitive capabilities through integration of product design into the supply chain. In doing so the paper reveals the challenges and the opportunities that companies face when integrating product design and supply chain. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research is case based and focuses on six companies. Ten interviews were carried out in each of these with senior managers. The Resource-Based View (RBV) is utilised to put these empirical findings into a theoretical context. Findings: The findings reveal a range of opportunities and challenges when integrating product design and the supply chain and subsequently a step-by-step guide is developed to address these. Practical Implications: The research provides key recommendations to companies on how to create competitive capabilities by integrating product design into the supply chain. Originality/Value: This paper provides novel insights to both practitioners and researchers. For practitioners detailed recommendations are given on how they can maximise benefits through integrating product design into the supply chain. The RBV has been harnessed to highlight how integration needs to be balanced with the company’s current resources and capabilities.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalCogent Engineering
    Volume3
    Issue number1
    Number of pages24
    ISSN2331-1916
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

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    © 2016 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license

    Keywords

    • Product design
    • Globalisation
    • Supply chain

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