15 Principles of Good Product


The following fifteen principles provide a sound basis for good Engineering and product development:

• quality is a must - TQM approach
• a bias for cycle time reduction
• a bias for innovation
• coherent vision, strategy, plan and metrics
• a product-family oriented Business Unit
• listening to the Voice of the Customer
• a clearly defined and well-organized development process
• cross-functional product development teams
• supplier involvement early in the development process
• a development methodology
• highly skilled, well-trained people
• Computer Aided Design systems
• digital product models controlled by EDM and PDM systems
• simulation and rapid prototyping
• best practice techniques

A brief ouline of the principles is provided below. More details can be found on the linked pages.