Support supplier management for product innovation

Author: Zhao Xiaohui Sun Linyan
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book systematically and comprehensively introduces the theories, technologies, and applications of supplier management that support rapid product innovation under integrated supply chain. Starting with an analysis of the environment and challenges faced by manufacturing enterprises, it elaborates on the main characteristics of market competition and their impact on the product innovation models of enterprises. It analyzes the specific nature of supplier management that supports product innovation, constructs a framework for supplier management systems that support product innovation, and explores its theoretical foundations. It establishes a new product development process involving supplier involvement and an evaluation index system for supplier management that supports product innovation, providing evaluation algorithms. It discusses product innovation partner relationships, their coordination and incentive mechanisms, and inventory coordination strategies, establishing a differential game model for product innovation collaboration between manufacturers and suppliers. Finally, it presents case studies analyzing the practical application of supplier management that supports product innovation in well-known manufacturing enterprises domestically and internationally. This book is suitable for production management personnel in various enterprises and institutions, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students majoring in management science and engineering, business administration, enterprise management, e-commerce, systems engineering, and related fields.