a comprehensive metric for new product development

... as standard processes become more widely used as a basis for project planning and organizational learning, research on tailoring and scaling a standard process for a particular project takes ... Joglekar 2005 A hierarchical product development planning framework Production and Operations Management 14(3) 344 –361 Austin, S., A Baldwin, B Li, P Waskett 200 0a Application of the analytical ... knowledge A large, important area for future research could Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management Purposes Purpose Selected references ଙ How can we agree on and maintain a common vocabulary...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20

... books, and for being a mentor as I was learning new product development I also thank Amram Shapiro and Mark Deck for working with the original team at DuPont and training us all Beebe’s special thanks ... a piece of software that includes support and installation, a vacation package, a new type of checking account, an in-home cleaning and babysitting service, and so on Bank of America, for example, ... (adding a spray feature to a faucet that’s already in the market), cost reductions, and other changes to products that a company already has in the market Derivative product changes are very important...

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2014, 22:55

... and adaptation 1.9% Adaptation and literature (systematic search) 1% Adaptation and experts 1% Patients and adaptation and literature (unsystematic search) 1% Patients and experts and adaptation ... Inaba Y, Obuchi S, Oka K, Arai T, Nagasawa H, Shiba Y, Kojima M: [Development of a rating scale for self-efficacy of physical activity in frail elderly people] Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi - Japanese ... relevant data AF conducted the statistical analysis AF and MP drafted the manuscript All authors contributed to revising the manuscript and approved the final version Authors' information Katja...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... third-party performance standards organizations is ASTM International ASTM International develops detailed specifications for the performance and safety parameters to which textile and apparel products ... Nottingham, England, and is a manufacturer of swimwear and accessories The original company was founded by Alexander MacRae, as MacRae Hosiery Manufacturers, in Bondi Beach, Sydney Australia Speedo ... safety of products in terms of important characteristics, such as flame retardancy and material safety, which are of particular importance to manufacturers of apparel for infants and children Another...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 18:20

... create a class to handle items in a collection Start up a new console application in Visual Studio and add a class called ListBase Now we need to add the necessary namespaces and declare the class ... are some valid declarations: int int int int my_VALUE; m_value; myvalue; MyValue; After declaring a variable, we can assign it a value by using the equal sign The variable we are setting is always ... Last But Not Least: Audio with XACT Love it or hate it, the way to go for XNA audio is the Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT) Essentially, an XACT project organizes wave files and a healthy...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:21

... of Japan SIG Notes NL-127, pages 173–178, September In Japanese Takashi Miyata, Kazuma Takaoka, and Yuji Matsumoto 1999 Implementation of GUI debugger for unification-based grammar In Information ... prepositional phrases are annotated manually The tags not always specify the correct structures based on rental-XTAG (i.e., the grammar assumed by tags is different from rental-XTAG), so we prepared a ... pages 38–45 Koiti Hasida 2003 Global document annotation (GDA) available in http://www.i-content.org/GDA/ Hisao Imai, Yusuke Miyao, and Jun’ichi Tsujii 1998 GUI for an HPSG parser In Information...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 04:22

... 1997, which can be awarded if the firm does additional testing and gains FDA approval for a pediatric indication 20 parallel and by undertaking other cost increasing activities to marginally speed ... managed care and other related demand-side changes also have been important factors underlying the rapid increase in generic usage that has taken place during the last decade However, the passage ... II of the Waxman-Hatch Act provided for partial restoration of the patent time lost during the clinical testing and regulatory approval periods A formula for patent term restoration was embedded...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 21:59

... a database SQL language; and programming in a database query language; previous experience as a database administrator • Experience with hardware: installing and maintaining the network cabling ... international standards shortly after their adoption by the IEEE Therefore, these standards are available in printed form from both IEEE and ISO, as well as from many national standards organizations ... evaluate new hardware and software, automate a myriad of mundane tasks, and increase work flow at their site In general, systems administrators enable people to exploit computers at a level that...

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2014, 15:43

... Investigation or Concept Formation Phase » The Development Phase » The Production Phase » Value Engineering Vis-à-vis Value Analysis • Engineering Change Management • How to Expand Supply Management's ... other alternatives that will perform the same function 5-12 Generalized Procedure for VA/VE Figure 5-3, Adapted What is it? What does it do? What does it cost? Information Phase Speculation Phase ... eliminated? If the item is not standard, can a standard item be used? If it is a standard item, does it completely fit the application, or is it a misfit? Does the item have greater capacity than...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 21:35

... so in a data warehouse The data in a data warehouse is not as volatile as the data in an operational database is The data in a data warehouse is primarily for query and analysis Data Granularity ... there is a data staging area In this staging area, the operational data is cleansed and transformed into a form suitable for placement in the data warehouse for easy retrieval DATA WAREHOUSE ... data warehouse in real time Once the data is captured in the data warehouse, you not run individual transactions to change the data there Data updates are commonplace in an operational database;...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... than for an operational system? Again, as you know, data for a data warehouse comes from many disparate sources If data extraction for a data warehouse poses great challenges, data transformation ... metadata contain all of this information about the operational data sources Extraction and Transformation Metadata Extraction and transformation metadata contain data about the extraction of data from ... columns: a 10 nonvolatile data dual data granularity dependent data mart disparate data decision support data staging data mining metadata operational systems internal data A B C D E F G H I J roadmap...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... ț Classes of analysis ț Front-end DSS applications Metadata ț Operational metadata ț ETL (data extraction/transformation/loading) metadata ț End-user metadata ț Metadata storage Management and ... documents, and spreadsheets ț External data sources Data Staging ț Data mapping between data sources and staging area data structures ț Data transformations ț Data cleansing ț Data integration Data Storage ... recap the major architectural components as discussed in Chapter 2: ț Source data Production data Internal data Archived data External data ț Data staging Data extraction Data transformation Data...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF METADATA ț Data model for special databases for OLAP ț Schedules for retrieving data for OLAP Challenges for Metadata Management Although metadata is so vital in a data warehouse ... target warehouse data models, source-staging area mappings, staging areawarehouse mappings, data extraction rules, data transformation rules, data cleansing rules, data aggregation rules, data ... initiative for your data warehouse Sources of Metadata As tools are used for the various data warehouse processes, metadata gets recorded as a byproduct For example, when a data transformation...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... relational database Two major factors differentiate the data extraction for a new operational system from the data extraction for a data warehouse First, for a data warehouse, you have to extract ... unconditionally adds the incoming data, preserving the DATA LOADING DATA STAGING DATA STAGING Key Data 123 AAAAA 234 BBBBB 345 CCCCC Key Data 123 AAAAA 234 BBBBB 345 CCCCC BEFORE Load B EF O R AFTER AF ... ETL for fact tables ETL for dimension tables Write procedures for all data loads Organize data staging area and test tools Plan for aggregate tables Determine data transformation and cleansing...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... the available data The analysis leads to strategic decisions that are the major reasons for building data warehouses in the first place For performing meaningful analysis, data must be cast in a ... users interact with the data warehouse in an informational approach, an analytical approach, or by using data mining techniques? Informational Approach In this approach, with query and reporting ... think data quality is critical in a data warehouse Explain how data quality is much more than just data accuracy Give an example Briefly list three benefits of quality data in a data warehouse...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... multidimensionally, a semantic layer of metadata is created The metadata layer supports the mapping of dimensions to the relational tables Additional metadata supports summarizations and aggregations You may ... Data stored as relational tables in the warehouse Detailed and light summary data available Very large data volumes All data access from the warehouse storage Use of complex SQL to fetch data ... interfaces for your data warehouse? Why is data security a major concern for a Web-enabled data warehouse? List any four features of the data Webhouse Name any two approaches for an OLAP system...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... physical storage as files, blocks, and records Data Staging Area Data Extract Flat Files Relational Database data files (transformed data) Relational Database index files Load Image Flat Files Figure ... data marts, one by one one by one data PRACTICAL APPROACH - First departmental data mart Next departmental data mart Next departmental data mart Next departmental data mart Gather departmental requirements, ... data structures in the data warehouse Storage Area Data Structures Take an overall look at all the data related to the data warehouse First, you have the data in the staging area Though you may...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... access, maintain, manage, and safeguard data in databases DD Data Dictionary A catalog or directory in a database management system that stores the data structures and relationships DDL Data Definition ... takes place without a flaw Your INTRANET WEB-ENABLED DATA WAREHOUSE Warehouse Data WEB PAGE STATISTICS AND INFORMATION Metadata Warehouse Subjects Warehouse Tables Summary Data Warehouse Navigation ... you start with a large volume of data, even a small percentage increase can result in substantial additional data In the first place, a data warehouse may contain too much historical data Data beyond...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22

... architectural components in the three major areas Here is a quick summary recap: Data Acquisition: data extraction, data transformation, data cleansing, data integration, and data staging Data Storage: ... advantages of a separate platform for data staging: ț You can optimize the separate platform for complex data transformations and data cleansing What we mean by this? You can gear up the neutral ... ț ț ț ț ț ț Data about the data Table of contents for the data Catalog for the data Data warehouse atlas Data warehouse roadmap Data warehouse directory Glue that holds the data warehouse contents...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:22