Title :
Survey and Analysis on Design Management Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in China
Author :
Xue, Yanmin ; Yao, Hong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Art & Design, Xi´´an Univ. of Technol., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
This paper firstly designed a questionnaire on basis of industrial design and design management for the product development in small and medium enterprises in China. The survey was done through field interview and internet. According to statistics result and the field interviewing record, the problems of design management existed were analyzed, mainly focusing on incorrect or shallow understanding of Industrial Design, incomplete design process, lack of communication and cooperation system, short of evaluation system. The analysis results will give a good reference to the managers to improve the design management and also are helpful for the product development and design.
Keywords :
design for manufacture; product design; product development; small-to-medium enterprises; statistical analysis; China; industrial design management; product design; product development; small-and-medium enterprises; statistics; Companies; Interviews; Manufacturing; Market research; Planning; Product design; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6579-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5997919