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The integration of all loops is required, if total cycle time is to be reduced. Shorter cycle times allow an organization to operate at lower cost levels (Kopczak & Johnson, 2003).
Success today and in the future periods for most organizations is dependent upon a reduction of new-product/service-introduction time. As product life cycles continue to decrease, the integration of all aspects of new product/service development with all aspects of supply-chain management becomes increasingly necessary. Minimizing the new-product/service-introduction cycle time requires an organizations to reduce times in all other sub-cycles (Bagranoff & Brewer, 2003).
As an organization is only as effective as are its resources and the management of those resources, decisions concerning the creation and management of the resource base are among the most important of the decisions made in relation to the organizationÆs operating processes. Effectively managed, resource providers and managers bec
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