Overview

“Too many engineers don't understand that if they spend six months testing every possible configuration of a product, and designing every last piece themselves, it's going to be too late. By the time that product gets to market, if one of their competitors gets there slightly ahead, then instead of, say, 20 months in the market, they're only going to have 14.”  This was the issue faced in the mid-1990s by David Feldman, founder and president of Silicon Valley-based ZF Microsystems.  Feldman’s response?  A virtual corporation model in which not only product design but also development and manufacturing were outsourced.
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