International Journal of Product Development  (IJPD)
ISSN (Online): 1741-8178  -  ISSN (Print): 1477-9056

Published in 8 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

IJPD aims to establish channels of communication between experts in academic and research institutions, practitioners and professionals working in industry and related business, and policy makers.

   Readership

Engineers and academics working in university research and design departments and institutes, managers, designers, technologists, research and development engineers working in industry.

   Contents

IJPD publishes original research and development papers, review papers, case studies, conference reports, relevant reports and news, book reviews and briefs, educational approaches. Suggestions for Special Issues devoted to important topics in product development and related topics are welcome.

   Subject Coverage

• Strategic planning for product development
• Innovative methods to understand customer preferences
• Internet technology and web-based methods for marketing research
• Innovative concepts for product development processes
• Information flows in product development processes
• Interrelationships across organisations
• Information management and standards
• Information and communication technologies in product development
• Virtual and collaborative product development
• Management of dispersed product development processes and geographically-dispersed teams
• Product life/value cycle management
• Knowledge management in product design and development processes
• Component knowledge management and exchange, electronic catalogues
• Product modelling and process/production planning
• Design for 'X'
• System level product development
• Platforms and architectures
• Product families, configuration and modularisation
• Metrics and standards for evaluating firms' product development capabilities
• Metrics and standards for measuring organisations' product development performances
• Standards for product, process and project data exchange
• Integration methodologies
• Sustainable product development
• Educational and training approaches
• Integrated vehicle product design and development process
• Synthesis of multi-functions in vehicle products
• Multi-disciplinary engineering in auto industry
• Emerging tools in system engineering and their applications
• Total life-cycle technology
• Virtual prototyping and virtual tests (computer simulation)
• Fast and lean validation
• Product strategy and strategic planning for product development
• Design optimisation
• Quality, reliability and durability in product design and development
• Customer and regulatory requirements and implementation

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted). All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted manuscript. A full statement of our Ethical Guidelines for Authors is available.

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines web-page.

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   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. M.A. Dorgham
International Centre for Technology and Management
UK
editorialinderscience.com

Associate Editors

Prof. Abdelaziz Bouras
LIESP Laboratory, Head of CERRAL Knowledge Transfer
Université de Lyon - Lumiere Lyon II
Technology Institute IUT Lumiere
160 Bd de l'université
69676 - Bron Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Harri Jouni Olavi Haapasalo
Dean of Research, Faculty of Technology
University of Oulu
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
P.O. Box 4610
FIN-90014 University of Oulu
FINLAND

Prof. Yong Zeng
Canada Research Chair in Design Science
Concordia University
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering
1455 de Maisonneuve West, EV.07.633
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8
CANADA

Regional Editor USA

Prof. Sudarsan Rachuri
George Washington University and National Institute of Standards and Technology
Bldg 220, Rm A231
100 Bureau Drive MS 8263
Gaithersburg MD 20899-8263
USA

Japanese Editor

Prof. Masao Ishihama
Systems Design Engineering Department
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
1030 Shimo Ogino
Atsugi 243-0292
JAPAN

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Améziane AoussatAm
Head of CPI Site Paris Laboratory
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
151, Bd de l'Hôpital
75013 Paris
FRANCE

Prof. Klaus BackhausKl
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Institut für Anlagen und Systemtechnologien
Marketing Centrum Münster
Am Stadtgraben 13-15
48143 Münster
GERMANY

Prof. Chris BackhouseCh
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Loughborough University
Loughborough, LE11 3TU
UK

Prof. Alain BernardAl
Head, Virtual Engineering for Industrial Engineering
IRCCyN Institute and Ecole Centrale de Nantes
Department of Engineering of Industrial Products and Processes
BP 92101
44321 ­ Nantes Cedex 3
FRANCE

Dr. Willem F. BronsvoortWi
Delft University of Technology
Mathematics and Computer Science
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Mekelweg 4
2628 CD Delft
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Bertrand DavidBe
Head
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
ICTT Laboratory
36 Avenue Guy de Collongue
69134 Ecully Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Dominique DeneuxDo
Director, AIP-Primeca Nord Pas de Calais Agency
LAMIH - University of Valenciennes
Le Mont Houy
59313 Valenciennes cedex 9
FRANCE

Dr. Alfonso Durán HerasAl
Catedratico
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Organización de Empresas
Avda. de la Universidad, 30
28911 Leganés, Madrid
SPAIN

Prof. Steven D. EppingerSt
Deputy Dean; General Motors LFM Professor of Management Science and Engineering Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive, Room E52-474
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
USA

Prof. Benoît EynardBe
Head of Department
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Mechanical Systems Engineering
Centre Pierre Guillaumat - BP60319
F.60203 Compiègne Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Heribert GierlHe
Universitaet Augsburg
Universitaetsstrasse 16
D-86159 Augsburg
GERMANY

Prof. Balan GurumoorthyBa
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing & Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012
INDIA

Prof. Dr. Roland HelmRo
Chair of Industrial Marketing Management
University of Regensburg
Universitaetsstr. 31
D-93053 Regensburg
GERMANY

Prof. Cornelius HerstattCo
Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH)
Institute of Technology and Innovation Management
Schwarzenbergstrasse 95
D-21073 Hamburg
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Jens HesselbachJe
Institut für Produktionstechnik und Logistik
FG Umweltgerechte Produkte und Prozesse
Kurt-Wolters-Str.3
34109 Kassel
GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Bernhard KatzyBe
Professor for Technology Management and Founder
CeTIM - Center for Technology and Innovation Management gGmbH
University BW Munich
Werner Heisenbergweg 39
85577 Neubiberg
GERMANY

Prof. Stephen C.-Y. LuSt
David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering; Director, Product Development Engineering Program
University of Southern California
430-M, Olin Hall of Engineering
3650 McClintock Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90089-1453
USA

Prof. Dr. Holger LuczakHo
Managing Director, FIR and Director, IAW
Aachen University of Technology
Research Institute for Operations Management
Pontdriesch 14/16
D-52062 Aachen
GERMANY

Prof. Christopher MageeCh
Engineering Systems Division
Mechanical Engineering Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E-60 275, 77 Memorial Drive
Cambridge MA 02139
USA

Prof. Dr. Rainer MarrRa
Universität der Bundeswehr München
D-85577 Neubiberg
GERMANY

Prof. Christophe MidlerCh
Directeur
Centre de Recherche en Gestion de l'Ecole polytechnique
1, rue Descartes
75005 Paris
FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Henry X. G. MingHe
Deputy Director, CIM Institute
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
School of Mechanical Engineering
800 Dongchuan Road, Minhan District
Shanghai 200240
CHINA

Prof. Moreno MuffattoMo
Universita di Padova
Dipartimento di Innovazione Meccanica e Gestionale
Via Venezia 11
I-35131 Padova
ITALY

Dr. Akihiko OhtakaAk
Corporate Admin
Nihon Unisys Ltd
1-1-1 Toyosu
Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-8560
JAPAN

Prof. Panos Y. PapalambrosPa
Donald C. Graham Professor of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Architecture, Professor of Art and Design
University of Michigan
2250 G.G. Brown Building
Ann Arbor MI 48109
USA

Prof. Kulwant S. PawarKu
Professor of Operations Management; Head, Operations Management Division
University of Nottingham
Business School
Jubilee Campus
Nottingham, NG8 1BB
UK

Prof. Guy PierraGu
Head of LISI Laboratory
ENSMA (National Engineering School for Mechanics and Aerotechnics)
B.P. 109
86960 FUTUROSCOPE
FRANCE

Dr. John RestrepoJo
Associate Professor
Technical University of Denmark
Section of Engineering Design and Product Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
DTU Building 404
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
DENMARK

Prof. Edward B. RobertsEd
David Sarnoff Professor of the Management of Technology, Chair, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive, Room E52-535
Cambridge MA 02139-1347
USA

Prof. Utpal RoyUt
Syracuse University
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering
College of Engineering and Computer Science
139 Link Hall
Syracuse NY 13244-1240
USA

Prof. Rikard SöderbergRi
Director
Chalmers University of Technology
Wingqvist Laboratory
Product and Production Development
S-41296 Göteborg
SWEDEN

Prof. Jonas SöderlundJo
School of Management
Linköping University
58183 Linköping
SWEDEN

Prof. Nickolas S. SapidisNi
University of Western Macedonia
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kozani 50100
GREECE

Prof. Matteo Mario SavinoMa
Sannium University
Via Roma
Palazzo Bosco Lucarelli
82100 Benevento
ITALY

Prof. Dan ShunkDa
Arizona State University
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
PO Box 875906
Tempe AZ 85287-5906
USA

Prof. Amy J.C. TrappeyAm
National Tsing Hua University
Electronic Business Center
Department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management
Hsinchu 300
TAIWAN

Prof. David WilemonDa
Earl and Josephine Snyder Professor of Innovation Management
Syracuse University
Whitman School of Management
721 University Avenue
Syracuse NY 13244-2130
USA

Prof. Kristin WoodKr
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX 78713-3916
USA