Introduction -- Chapter 1. History and Future of Manufacturing -- Chapter 2. Developments of Technological Systems -- Chapter 3. Digital Manufacturing -- Chapter 4. Business Models for Additive Manufacturing: A Consulting Services Perspective -- Chapter 5. Servitization in the digital era --...

This paper explores the question; "how do companies know that they are making effective use of their product design and development function?" Research carried out at the University of Nottingham over the last three years has led to the development of the Performance Measurement for Product...

Purpose – New product development (NPD) has become critical to the growth and future prosperity of organisations. This research therefore sought to determine the need for performance measurement during the NPD process and reveal measures currently used, where future requirements lie and where...