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The Influence of New CAD System on Product Development Organization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10630111
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

NOBEOKA Kentaro  Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Professor, 経済経営研究所, 教授 (90263409)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsCAD / Product Development / Development Organization / Design / 組織構造
Research Abstract

Recent 3D-CAD devices that feature 'solid modeling' can define virtually every attribute of a physical product, including its shape, size and mass, in terms of digital parameters, and has the ability to visualize the product. Whereas older 2D-CAD was aimed primarily at increasing the efficiency of individual design projects within existing development processes and organizations, the benefits accruing from the latest 3D-CAD may require a fundamental change in development processes. The objective of this study is to report results of our questionnaire survey that was conducted to identify potential benefits and problems associated with the introduction of this new technology.
This paper first reports overall patterns of 3D-CAD diffusion, based on data obtained from 169 Japanese machinery-related manufacturing firms. Then, we explore organizational factors influencing 3D-CAD introduction, and empirically examine the impact of 3D-CAD on various performance outcomes.
Our results shows that, … More although nearly 65% of sample companies have already introduced 3D-CAD, companies using 3D-CAD as a main design tool either at the corporate or the division level are even less than 10%. To identity the reason for this slow diffusion, we compare various factors between 'early adopters' and 'others'. We found that early adopters tend to capture 3D-CAD as a technology to improve information exchange between different functional departments and collaborative companies and promote concurrent development processes. They also recognize importance of redefining task partitioning and reallocating human capital. In addition, early adopters have top-down processes with corporate-level dedicated projects in introducing 3D-CAD ; other companies tend to delegate introduction initiatives to design engineering departments.
These findings imply that having an idea of 'global' optimization to improve the entire development process, rather than 'local' optimization within each function, is necessary to facilitate 3D-CAD introduction. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All Other

All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] 延岡健太郎: "日本自動車産業における部品調達構造の変化"国民経済雑誌. 176. 57-69 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Jeffery Dyer: "Creating and Managing High Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network"Strategic Management Journal. (発表予定).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 青島矢一: "新世代CADの導入と製品開発プロセスへの影響"一橋大学イノベーション研究センターWP. 99-15. 1-34 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 延岡健太郎: "In knowledge Emergence, The Influence of New 3-D CAD on Knowledge Creation in Product Development"Oxford University Press (発表予定). (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Michael Cusumano: "Thinking beyond Lean : How Multi-Project Management is Transforming Product Development at Toyota and Other Companies"Free Press. 248 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kentaro Nobeoka: "Changes in Procurement Strategy in the Japanese Automobile Industry"Kokumin Keizai Zasshi. 180, 3. 57-69 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yaichi Aoshima: "Diffusion and the Influence of the New CAD System on Product Development Processes"Hitotsubashi University Innovation Research Institute WP. #99-15. 1-34 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Jeffery Dyer: "Creating and Managing High Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network : The Toyota Case"Strategic Management Journal. (in print).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kentaro Nobeoka: "The Influence of New 3D-CAD Systems on Knowledge Creation in Product Development"In Knowledge Emergence, Oxford Press. (in print).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Michael Cusumano: "Thinking Beyond Lean : How Multi-Project Management is Transforming Product Development at Toyota and Other Companies"Free Press. 248 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 延岡健太郎: "日本自動車産業における部品調達構造の変化"国民経済雑誌. 176. 57-69 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Jeflery Dyer: "Creating and Managing High Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network"Strategic Management Journal. (発表予定). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 青島矢一: "新世代のCADの導入と製品開発プロセスへの影響"一橋大学イノベーション研究センター WP. 99-15. 1-34 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 延岡健太郎: "Knowledge Emergence内,The Influence of New 3-D CAD on Knowledge Creation in Product Development"Oxford University Press(発表予定). (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Michael Cusumano: "Thinking beyond Lean: How Multi-project Management is Transforming Product Development at Toyota and Other Companies"Free Press. 248 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 延岡健太郎: "The Influence of New 3-D CAD Systems on Knowledge Creation in Product Development" Comparative Study of Knowledge Creation(Oxford University Press出版). (掲載予定). (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] マイケル・クスマノ: "Thinking beyond Lean" Free Press, 248 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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