Análise do fluxo de informação na melhoria do processo de desenvolvimento de novos produtos

Abstract

This research addresses the Products Development Process - (PDP) adopted in manufacturing companies of artifacts for mobile communication (cellular), installed in Manaus Industrial Pole (MIP), the research is focused on how companies deal with the introduction of a new product on the market and which information is to be used to improve its process and products. The work refers to the flow of information used in the process of introduction and analysis of failures of the products, in particular in relation to the monitoring process for new products, currently used in 02 (two) multinational companies. It raised issues regarding the monitoring of the quality of their products recently launched in the market and which analytical techniques are adopted, and the comprehensiveness of the same, as well as how the information reaches the department of new products, in each organization. This is a case study involving the processes of monitoring and analysis of failures in products on the market, and comparing the processes used in the surveyed companies, pointing out the main elements and contribution to the PDP model, as well as the strengths and weaknesses in each case. As a conclusion to the work, a theoretical model of information management as a complement to the current PDP model is presented, considering the experience acquired in 08 (eight) years of work in the areas of testing and analysis of failures in products and in the department of development of new products and software development.