Co-development: lessons from a successful supplier/design initiative

摘要

Over 100 suppliers have now taken part in an Initiative built to improve joint design and development performance of tier one suppliers and one vehicle manufacturer. Significant targets were set and achieved.This paper is based on thorough analysis of the initiative and will describe the prime success factors that were found. These include significant detail findings in the areas of performance measurement and alignment of development processes. Equalattention is given to understanding how co-development can be implemented and the paper will present findings related to objectivity, perception of partners, equity and how to achieve these.