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- KU, S.
Exploring
the causal model of 3D-CAD technology: Interfirm communication and product
development performance in Japanese automobile parts industry
pp. 1-14 (486KB)
3D-CAD technology impacts the performance of product
development in two ways. One is a positive effect that the use of the 3D-CAD
decreases the number of problem solving cycles directly, so that development
performance improves. The other is the negative effect that 3D-CAD increases
interfirm communication, which increases the quantity of coordination. In
conclusion, the overall phenomenon of a correlation between the use of 3D-CAD
technology and improved performance cannot be seen, because the two effects
of the 3D-CAD offset each other.
Keyword: 3D-CAD, product development, interfirm communication
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