Cradle-to-grave analyses are becoming the norm, as an increasing amount of corporations
and government agencies are basing their procurement decisions not only on initial costs …

Availability-based contracts which provide customers with the use of assets such as
machines, ships, aircraft platforms or subsystems like engines and avionics are increasingly …

Product cost estimation (PCE) still draws the attention of researchers and practitioners, even
though it has been extensively discussed in the literature for more than 20 years. This is due …

Current practices for investment and technology decision making in aeronautics largely rely
on regression-based cost estimation methods. Although quick to implement and easy to use …

The paper is concerned with predicting energy consumption in the production and product
usage stages and searching for possible changes in product design to reduce energy …

Manufacturing enterprises are facing a competitive challenge. This paper proposes the use
of a value chain based approach to support the modelling and simulation of manufacturing …

This chapter discusses the role Knowledge Management plays in the management of a
radical innovation project. A radical innovation produces a fundamental change in the …

The new generation of information technology industry studied in this study, is constructed
as the first batch of national key support industry. On the ground of the analysis of the new …

Obtaining accurate development cost estimation results of general aviation aircraft is crucial
for companies to adopt the best strategy in the development process. To address this …

The transition from a product manufacturer into a service provider constitutes a major
managerial challenge for companies. It requires new organisational principles, structures …