Supply Chain Management White Papers
Component and Supplier Management: a Strategic Imperative
Overview The overall purpose of this paper is to encourage companies to realize the many benefits of an aggressive program of component standardization and design reuse with CSM software. To accomplish this purpose, this paper will describe the typical operational problems of past parts standardization systems; describe the characteristics, criteria, evolving technology, and benefits of CSM; explain how to initiate a successful CSM program; and finally, describe the Nitidus products.To properly position CSM in a company's total competitive strategy, and to establish a justification framework for a CSM program, it identifies common challenges, objectives, and strategies related to product design and development.
| Publisher | PDM Information Company | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | August 1999 | Downloads | 22 |
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