Product developers can learn much from manufacturing, but many have gone too far in applying ideas that work in manufacturing to their realm. That’s because they have ignored some fundamental differences between the two disciplines. (See our recent HBR article.) Let’s look at three and their implications.
Innovators, Are You Applying the Wrong Lessons from Manufacturing?
Product developers can learn much from manufacturing, but many have gone too far in applying ideas that work in manufacturing to their realm. That’s because they have ignored some fundamental differences between the two disciplines. (See our recent HBR article.) Let’s look at three and their implications. Manufacturing produces physical objects; product developers produce information. […]
April 30, 2012
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