TY - GEN
T1 - An examination of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) usage patterns, product architecture and organizational capabilities
T2 - PICMET '07 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology - Management of Converging Technologies
AU - Park, Youngwon
AU - Fujimoto, Takahiro
AU - Yoshikawa, Ryozo
AU - Hong, Paul
AU - Abe, Takeshi
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Increasingly, Arms recognize the strategic implications of front-end product design for improving total cost effectiveness. Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) is becoming firms' competitive weapon beyond its traditional function as a product design tool. Yet, it is unclear how the full potential of IT system, particularly the usage patterns of 3D CAD system, may be realized through organizational capabilities. This paper presents a model of IT system configurations and CAD usage patterns. Next, a typology of IT system configurations is presented based on (1) the degree of CAD Integration between assembly makers and suppliers (2) the structure of product design information, or product architecture. The product architectures of four electronic firms illustrate that organizational capabilities to utilize IT's potential is more important than IT investment itself.
AB - Increasingly, Arms recognize the strategic implications of front-end product design for improving total cost effectiveness. Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) is becoming firms' competitive weapon beyond its traditional function as a product design tool. Yet, it is unclear how the full potential of IT system, particularly the usage patterns of 3D CAD system, may be realized through organizational capabilities. This paper presents a model of IT system configurations and CAD usage patterns. Next, a typology of IT system configurations is presented based on (1) the degree of CAD Integration between assembly makers and suppliers (2) the structure of product design information, or product architecture. The product architectures of four electronic firms illustrate that organizational capabilities to utilize IT's potential is more important than IT investment itself.
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U2 - 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349329
DO - 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349329
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:47849094364
SN - 1890843164
SN - 9781890843168
T3 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
SP - 166
EP - 179
BT - PICMET '07 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology - Proceedings Management of Converging Technologies
Y2 - 5 August 2007 through 9 August 2007
ER -