DocumentCode :
3454886
Title :
Design Quality: The Crucial Factor for Product Quality Improvement in International Production Networks
Author :
Zhu, Yanmei ; You, Jianxin ; Alard, Robert
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Tongji Univ., Shanghai
fYear :
2008
fDate :
12-14 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
7
Abstract :
With the globalization of manufacturing industry, design, manufacturing and consumption of products are separated by large distances. Product often is designed in one company and produced in another company. Although product is shaped in manufacturing companies of supply chain, design quality is the key sticking-point for product quality because design specifications have a major effect on a product´s performance, quality and cost. Techniques such as early supplier involvement and frequent communication are being used to integrate supplier´s activities into product development. Therefore, to a great extent, product quality lies on the quality of design-manufacturing chain. This paper defines design-manufacturing chain quality management, analyses poor quality of design and manufacturing and the controllable factor and noise factor for quality stability. Furthermore, the figure and formula of quality relationship model are presented for the leverage relationship among design quality, manufacturing quality and product quality. Finally, a case study of Chinese-made toys is presented, which shows that design is the crucial factor for product quality improvement compared with other production processes.
Keywords :
globalisation; manufacturing industries; product design; supply chain management; crucial factor; design quality; design-manufacturing chain quality management; international production networks; manufacturing companies; manufacturing industry globalization; product quality improvement; supply chain; Communication system control; Costs; Globalization; Manufacturing industries; Product design; Product development; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Quality management; Supply chains;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1612
Filename :
4679520
Link To Document :
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