Managing the Dynamics of New Product Development Processes: A New Product Lifecycle Management Paradigm

Dr. Arie Karniel is a system engineer working with CAD / PLM engineering information systems in various industries. He is responsible for developing methods and processes, for creating, transferring, and managing design knowledge to the shop floor. He is also a research scientist at Tel Aviv University and lectures on PLM courses. Arie has 18 years of experience working as a mechanical engineer, project manager, product manager and consultant in the aerospace, semiconductor, and software industries. He received his PhD in managing development processes knowledge from Tel Aviv University.

Prof. Yoram Reich worked as a designer/mechanical engineer, and has been doing research in design for over 25 years in Israel and the US. Yoram Reich is a full professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, where he directs the design and CAD track in the mechanical engineering undergraduate studies. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s major engineering design journal, Research in Engineering Design, and a board member of 5 others, as well as being co-chair of the Design Society SIG on design theory and an Advisory Board member of this society.