Product Design and Quality
Read the Forbes article, “The Forces That Are Transforming How Products Are Made.” Based on the content presented in the article, what forces and important organizational activities enable a firm to build quality into its products? Explain each of these along with their benefits. Your initial post should include examples and be at least 250 words
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Factors Transforming Manufacturing
Due to the ever increased competition for products and globalization, companies have had to change after short periods to accommodate the changes in market demands. According to Beth Ambruch, a writer for Forbes, several factors have powered the changes currently experienced in the American companies.
The forces that drive the changes include smart products and connectivity. The aspects will give the products connection to networks and therefore allow easy remote control. The smart product and connectivity will have the benefit of enabling quality service by easy control and identification. Hence it will promote servitization. Servitization involves the offering of services in addition to products sold as a source of differentiation for other products in the market. …
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