Configurations of NPD - Production Interfaces and Interface Integration Mechanisms

CIP project group: Associate Professor Poul H.K. Hansen (project co-ordinator), PhD Student Ebbe Gubi, Professor Harry Boer External partners: Frido Smulders (Delft University, The Netherlands), Kees Dorst (Eindhoven University, The Netherlands) Project duration: 2001 - 2004 This project constitutes an in-depth study of the role of the core organisation defined in terms of what portion of NPD processes it controls in-house and what portion it farms out to network partners. The study sets out to describe the co-ordination of these processes - what characterises the interaction between 2 or more companies?