Consistently practical in its coverage, the book discusses general issues related to forecasting and management; introduces a variety of methods, and shows how to apply these methods to significant issues in managing technological development. With numerous exhibits, case studies and exercises throughout, it requires only basic mathematics and includes a special technology forecasting TOOLKIT for the IBM and compatibles, along with full instructions for installing and running the program.Exhibit 1.3 The General Electric Dishwasher (Based on Wheelwright and Hayes, 1985). In the late 1970s GEa#39;s dishwasher strategic business unit (SBU) analyzed its operations and saw an aging process a 20-year-old product design; 10- to 20 -year-old manufacturing ... This diagram suggests that the business coreanbsp;...
Title | : | Forecasting and Management of Technology |
Author | : | Alan L. Porter, A. Thomas Roper |
Publisher | : | John Wiley & Sons - 1991 |
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