New product introduction and supplier integration in sales and operations planning

Constructive Engagement in Sales and Operations planning

Role of European Automotive Supplier Integration in New Product Development

Over the past two decades, the automotive industry has experienced major changes as a result of globalisation, changing customer requirements and environmental legislation. The supplier integration in the new product development process is a significant step in facilitating reduction in the time to market of innovations and reducing costs. The aim of this work is to assess the extent of supplie...

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

Mathematical Programming-Based Sales and Operations Planning at Vestel Electronics

We investigate the sales and operations planning (S&OP) problem at Vestel Electronics, a major television manufacturer located in Turkey. The company’s product portfolio is very wide due to a large number of configuration options, and changes rapidly due to technological advances. Demand volatility is high and materials procurement requires long lead times. Hence, the S&OP process is critical f...

Supplier integration in new product development: Computer mediated communication, knowledge exchange and buyer performance

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: New product development Open innovation Media richness Knowledge exchange Interorganizational communication In new product development (NPD), the buyer–supplier relationship is changing. Suppliers are becoming an integral part of the design team. This study investigates the effectiveness of computer-mediated and face-to-face communication channels on knowledge ex...