Research On Company A Collaborative Product Development Under Condition Of Manufacturing Outsourcing In China

With the competitive pressures of globalization, the multinational companies mustconstantly reduce the manufacturing costs and shorten the product development cycles toget a larger market share and gain more profit. The collaborative product developmentunder the condition of manufacturing outsourcing is in line with the requirement of costreduction and short development cycle.As a leading communication equipment provider, Company A introduces thecollaborative product development and cooperate the supplier which can early involve thedevelopment and provide the service of manufacturing.The paper first analyzes the communications industry in China, including the status ofthe overall development, communications product development status, and Company A’sexternal environment. This will help to understand Company A’s collaborative productdevelopment problems and work out the proposed solutionsIn this paper, the project management and the process management are analyzed onthe basis of the characteristics and theoretical studies of the collaborative development forcommunication product. The operation framework is developed based on the humanresource management, schedule control, risk management and quality control. In themeantime, the paper outlines the criteria on the section of the manufacturing outsourcingsupplier.In the end, the paper summarizes the management methods of Company A’scollaborative product development under the condition of manufacturing outsourcing inChina.