Product Development Process and Change Management

The product development process outlines the phases of a product idea to the product definition, the assembly of the product until the distribution.
The main contents in this field are put in the product development process. Product lifecycle management, production and distribution are used in other services we offer.

Topics like product planning, construction as well as change management and claim management are included in the product development process.

The product development process can be used as part of the business process. The business process outlines duties, workflow and responsibilities of the engineering part of the new product and assures quality.  The product development process should include a construction of the new product. The result should be a functional prototype.

Because product development is a process with a lot of changes, change management is very important. A key factor for the success in the development process is the directed pursuit and maintenance of changes. It is especially important that the cost of the changes is followed.
Claim management assures that the changes from the customer will be done, and the development process and the financial targets are met.

The implementation of the product data management solutions seeks to raise the quality of the product and to reduce the time and cost of the development. With the information flow the information can be brought to the next organisation in the life cycle. The result of this work structure is the documentation of the configuration of the product.

For product configuration, the objectives are to reduce and organize the complexity of the products. This is closely connected to variant management.
Both topics are  related to economic development, low cost production and effective after sales management.

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