Calls for papers

 

International Journal of Product Development

 

Special Issue on: "Product Development Process Management"

Guest Editors:
Prof. Matteo Mario Savino, University of Sannio, Italy
Dr. Muhammad Shafiq, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Aicha Sekhari Seklouli, University of Lyon 2, France

Requirements regarding product design and development have got dramatic changes due to the ever growing constraints regarding safety, security and sustainability, to cite a few (Wind & Mahajan, 1997; Sharma & Iyer, 2012; Yassine et al., 2017; Beuche & Spinczyk, 2003; Weber, 2002).

These features, being often cogent or with no apparent added value for the product, are usually hidden to consumers, who are quite better aware about quality, reliability, price and features (Smirnov et al., 2018).

In such a scenario, it may be of prime importance to find innovative approaches in new product development process within limited available resources (Keupp & Gassmann, 2013) and considering features regarding the safety of use, its sustainability and any other cogent or implicit constraint that may be needed for a product. These constraints may also be in-addition to internal constraints, regarding as example scarcity of financial, technological, innovative, human-resource (Heinzen & Höflinger, 2017) and managerial skills. Product life cycle is another important aspect in developing and implementing innovative approaches in product development process as sustainability based life cycle cost surpasses pure economic calculations (Klöpffer, 2003; Seram et al., 2016; Khalil et al., 2015). As another example, integration of new product development process with sustainability issues has been categorized into data management, process management and project management (Gmelin & Seuring, 2014; Haber & Fargnoli, 2017; Bélanger et al., 2016). This integration may streamline and facilitate the implementation of new tools, techniques and approaches in new product development processes (Brook & Pagnanelli, 2014; Pujari, 2006; Kalish et al., 2018; Fargnoli et al., 2014; Bretschneider et al., 2015; Anantana et al., 2015). The present Special Issue is aimed to unfold the potential approaches to product development, design and production encompassing cogent or expected featured that may constrain design/production times, product performances and/or product quality.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include the following (but are not limited):

• Product design & development in Industry 4.0
• Impact of open innovation on new product development strategies
• Safety and Sustainability within product Design and realization
• Production processes development with Safety features
• Product development approaches with Norm-based constraints
• Service-based product development, design and management
• Dynamic and networked collaborative product development based on eBusiness product life cycle management standards;
• Systems for information sharing relative to product, process, and technical details among networked stakeholders
• Product development strategies for rapidly changing markets

References
Anantana, T., Enkawa, T., & Suzuki, S. (2015). Utilising computerised tools and IT in new product development to constitute firms' financial performance and the impact of R&D intensity. International Journal of Product Development, 20(4), 325-353.
Bélanger, S., Veilleux, S., & Tremblay, M. (2016). A conceptual framework on the role of creativity in sustaining continuous innovation in new product development.
Beuche, D., & Spinczyk, O. (2003). Aspect-oriented product line development in constrained environments. Paper presented at the Workshop on Reuse in Constrained Environments OOPSLA.
Bretschneider, U., Leimeister, J. M., & Mathiassen, L. (2015). IT-enabled product innovation: customer motivation for participating in virtual idea communities. International Journal of Product Development, 20(2), 126-141.
Brook, J. W., & Pagnanelli, F. (2014). Integrating sustainability into innovation project portfolio management–A strategic perspective. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 34, 46-62.
Fargnoli, M., De Minicis, M., & Tronci, M. (2014). Design Management for Sustainability: An integrated approach for the development of sustainable products. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 34, 29-45.
Gmelin, H., & Seuring, S. (2014). Achieving sustainable new product development by integrating product life-cycle management capabilities. International Journal of Production Economics, 154, 166-177.
Haber, N., & Fargnoli, M. (2017). Design for product-service systems: A procedure to enhance functional integration of product-service offerings. International Journal of Product Development, 22, 135-164.
Heinzen, M., & Höflinger, N. (2017). People in lean product development: the impact of human resource practices on development performance. International Journal of Product Development, 22(1), 38-64.
Kalish, D., Burek, S., Costello, A., Schwartz, L., & Taylor, J. (2018). Integrating Sustainability into New Product Development: Available tools and frameworks can help companies ensure that sustainability is embedded as a fundamental building block of new product development. Research-Technology Management, 61(2), 37-46.
Keupp, M. M., & Gassmann, O. (2013). Resource constraints as triggers of radical innovation: Longitudinal evidence from the manufacturing sector. Research Policy, 42(8), 1457-1468.
Khalil, R., Stockton, D., Alkaabi, M. S., & Manyonge, L. M. (2015). Investigating the effect of variability in product development life cycle. International Journal of Product Development, 20(6), 495-513.
Klöpffer, W. (2003). Life-cycle based methods for sustainable product development: Springer.
Pujari, D. (2006). Eco-innovation and new product development: understanding the influences on market performance. Technovation, 26(1), 76-85.
Seram, N., Nanayakkara, J., & Lanarolle, G. (2016). Apparel product development: an overview of existing models. International Journal of Product Development, 21(5-6), 331-350.
Sharma, A., & Iyer, G. R. (2012). Resource-constrained product development: Implications for green marketing and green supply chains. Industrial Marketing Management, 41(4), 599-608.
Smirnov, A. V., Shilov, N., Oroszi, A., Sinko, M., & Krebs, T. (2018). Changing information management for product-service system engineering: customer-oriented strategies and lessons learned. International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 11(1), 1-18.
Weber, J. A. (2002). Managing the marketing budget in a cost-constrained environment. Industrial Marketing Management, 31(8), 705-717.
Wind, J., & Mahajan, V. (1997). Issues and opportunities in new product development: An introduction to the special issue: SAGE Publications Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA.
Yassine, A. A., Mostafa, O., & Browning, T. R. (2017). Scheduling multiple, resource-constrained, iterative, product development projects with genetic algorithms. Computers & industrial engineering, 107, 39-56.

Notes for Prospective 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 if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

If you have any queries concerning this special issue, please email the Guest Editors at matteo.Savino@unisannio.it, shafiqaatir1@gmail.com and aicha.sekhari@univ-lyon2.fr.

Important Dates

Manuscripts due by: 30 September, 2020

Notification to authors: 28 November, 2020

Final versions due by: 2 February, 2021