Dissecting the manufacturing process and procedures of high-end computer manufacturer. The main question is how to introduce new products and build them quickly in a competitive environment where time to market is crucial. Focuses on the engineering change orders - as they suggested, documented, approved and implemented - and raises the question of how the procedure can be more effective. The case also allows the students to deal with other issues, such as organizing a pilot production more effectively and how to organize the process flow in the plant, where many of the products are collected on the same line. "Hide
by Kim B. Clark, Karen J. Freeze Source: Harvard Business School 32 pages. Publication Date: April 22, 1986. Prod. #: 686134-PDF-ENG
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