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Restructuring product development and production networks: Fiat Auto

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This working paper is based on research carried out by Ceris-CNR in the context of the intemational research project on "Product Development and Production Networks: A Comparison of Countries and Sectors" coordinated at the Science Center of Berlin (WZB). In contrast to other researches on product development and concurrent engineering that has largely focused on performance benchmarking, the aim of this project is to examine organi.zational, technological and human resource practices that enhance communication and cooperation between the actors throughout the "concept to manufacture" process, with emphasis on the most crucial phases: product development and design, process engineering, and production start-up. A cross-national study of leading firms in the automobile, machine tool and computer industries of the United States, Japan, Germany and Italy is in progress. As far as the automobile industry is concemed, the compact car segment has been analysed in each car-maker (segment C). In order to acquire a deeper insight two "vertical slices" have been also selected: the side-doors and the instrumental panel.

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  • Giuseppe Calabrese, 1995. "Restructuring product development and production networks: Fiat Auto," CERIS Working Paper 199503, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY.
    • Handle: RePEc:csc:cerisp:199503
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