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Value Stream Mapping in New Product Introduction – A Case Study at Ericsson

Today, companies have to redesign and improve their operational performance to cope with the market competition. While research related to organizational improvements has focused on applications of value stream mapping in mass production plants, it is unclear whether value steam mapping can be applied in new product introduction organizations. This thesis strives to generate and describe a customized value stream mapping tool adapted to manage twofold customer value within new product introduction environments, processes that construct products and information gathered from the production and incorporated into next generation products. The study is conducted with a case study approach including an application of the model in an industrial setting. The findings implicate that the value stream mapping tool is applicable when managing performance improvements during new product introduction. Moreover, performance measures to evaluate the new product introduction information loop are presented.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-98491
Date January 2012
CreatorsHedberg, Viktor, Lindström, Jens
PublisherKTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RelationExamensarbete INDEK ; 2012:92

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