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Marc ZOLGHADRI: Professor, Supméca-Paris
INTRODUCTION
If you want to increase the added value of your products, you're probably looking to bring all the innovative forces together. But not all of them are within your company. You can multiply your creative forces by relying on those of your suppliers.
How can we do this? By establishing collaborations based on mutual trust. Far more than opportunism, they must reflect a win-win strategy. This will enable you to innovate in both product design and production. This fact sheet aims to identify the main sources of innovation in product development, while answering the question: can you innovate with suppliers?
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Hayter C., The Network-centric Innovation Imperative: How Manufacturers Work with Their Suppliers to Develop New Products , NACFAM, 96, 2006
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NACFAM: National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
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