Testing represents the final and most important filter the product must go through before being manufactured on a large scale and launched. The test's objectives are connected to the elimination of any uncertainties emerged in the technical production phase or in the commercial preparation of the product. Testing consists in verifying the accordance between the prototype on the one hand and the existent standards on the other hand.
Launching the product is the final step in the product design process. It establishes the launching period (connected to the product's nature: current, seasonal or strictly seasonal), the launching area (it is connected to the distribution strategy), choosing the most suitable distribution channels (long circuit or short circuit), market preparation (creating curiosity from the potential customers for the new product that will be launched), controlling the launch of the new product, and analyzing its evolution.
The product design process presented above has been established in complete accordance with the company's both general strategy and marketing strategy. The company's marketing strategy is based on innovation, on creating new products that can meet the customers' requirements in matters of quality, price and accessibility.
Performance objectives
Performance planning is the most important phase of performance management (Performance Management Planning). The performance objectives for this process are related to time, cost, and quality. The company's performance objectives come from three major categories: maintenance objectives, problem-solving or improvement objectives, and innovative objectives. For the cosmetics company discussed above the performance objectives are:
Maintenance objectives:
Continuing to provide research profiles within the next six months
Continuing the company's research for new products within the next year
Continuing the development process for the company's existent products within the next year
Improvement objectives:
Increase the company's profitability
Increase the company's share-market and gain better positioning on the market
Increase the company's sales
Innovative objectives:
Employees will benefit from training courses so that they improve their future work performance.
As one may observe, the time schedule for these objectives are in disharmony with the product design process. On the one hand, these objectives are expected to be attained in very short periods of time: six months to one year. On the other hand, the product design process is a very long one, with many important steps to be followed, requiring great amounts of time, financial capital, and human capital. In other words, the product design process that the company is currently implementing cannot contribute to attaining the performance objectives established by the company's top management. The current product design process will produce its effects on a long-term period of time.
Evaluation of the selected operation
The selected criteria for evaluating the company's product design process are controlling and organizing. Operation control refers to creating and...
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