Product Lifecycle Process

Distinguishing Materials Management from Project Management

January 28, 2025

The goal of NPI materials management is to monitor and execute the desired item (part) and BOM status according to the NPI prototype and production plan.

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Phase and Gate Structure for New Product Development

April 15, 2022

In previous articles we defined an element of lean as a phase and gate structure for new product development.  This assumes a waterfall approach to the project (versus agile product development). A new product life cycle phase gate structure might…

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A Proposed Product Life Cycle Process

April 14, 2022

In our previous article we covered the advantages of a phase and gate structure for new product development.  Now we can discuss some proposed phase names for a new product development or product life cycle (PLC) process. An organization may have an…

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