TY - JOUR AU - Szabó, Krisztián PY - 2018/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Ramp-up Process Improvement Practices for Time-to-Market Reduction JF - Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences JA - Period. Polytech. Soc. Man. Sci. VL - 26 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.3311/PPso.9159 UR - https://pp.bme.hu/so/article/view/9159 SP - 19-29 AB - <p>The importance of the “Ramp-up bridge” covering the gap between product development and serial production, as well as the speed at which this bridge can be crossed, has increased, providing companies with a significant competitive advantage.<br>However, a significant percentage of project aiming to introduce new products do not achieve their goals. [(60 percent of the automotive supplier ramp-up projects fail on either the technical, or the economic side (Bischoff, 2007)].<br>The author explores the possible reasons, then makes suggestions regarding the support of successful ramp-up projects, through practical examples taken from the industry. <br>Through the continuous improvement of ramp-ups, a new core competency can be achieved, with a decrease in time-to-market. This core competency is difficult to duplicate, and can provide an additional competitive advantage for companies manufacturing products with high technical complexity.</p> ER -