Integrated Product and Process Development

from the Perspective of Competitive Advantage

by
Edwin B. Dean

Integrated product and process development (IPPD) is the process of bringing forth a product such that all subprocesses required to bring forth the product are integrated harmoniously. Drucker (1990) indicates that four key elements of the future factory are statistical quality control, new manufacturing accounting systems, modular manufacturing, and the systems approach. To be successful, the development must be guided by systemic quality elements and refined to perfection.

Quality function deployment in the large (QFD) implemented under Total Quality Control is by far the most advanced form of IPPD in existence.

IPPD is a subset of the genopersistation recursion.

References

Drucker, P. (1990). "The Emerging Theory of Manufacturing," Harvard Business Review, May-June, pp. 94-102.

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