Fission and Fusion in the e-Factory
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One reason is that the speed of change in product technology or in the
voice of the customer is so fast that the business process of product realization
has to be completely unique and independent of the order fulfillment process.
Many consumer goods manufacturing companies outsource product develop-
ment for just this reason.
Another reason is that the investment in new product development is so
expensive that there has to be some consolidation of investment or collabo-
ration in approach between manufacturing companies, and the easiest way
to do this is through a third party dedicated to product realization. The
pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries are beginning to invest in com-
panies that only do product ...