We're not getting better at designing and launching reliable new products for the market place, as statistics prove, we're getting worse.
By Randall Goodden, author
Aug. 11, 2010
In our never ending effort to boost sales and profits and be the first to hit the competitive market with new products and technologies, streamlining production costs and improving efficiencies, and the constant search for new supply sources as well as new sales markets, we continue to fail to see our own deficiencies in new product development as related to design and engineering. Most of this is due to our common lack of knowledge as to what we really need to be doing, versus the common misconception that we already know what to do.
We're not getting better at designing and launching reliable new products for the market place, as statistics prove we're getting worse. Product recalls are at record numbers, and have been growing every year for the past six years
FULL STORY: http://www.industryweek.com/articles/understanding_the_continuous_cause_of_product_recalls__product_liability_lawsuits_22492.aspx
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Product recalls are growing - inductry need to make a better effort at quality control. Investing in good quality management software would reduce the recalls and save everyone money.
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