On reshaping of the product development environment in traditional machinery plant

The aim of the present paper is to analyse the possibilities of improving the competitiveness of the product development in a plant belonging to the traditional machinery industry. Looking for appropriate assessment tool of the product development environment the Concurrent Engineering and Teamwork across Global Industries (CETGI) process was chosen, By this scheme at first the current state or maturity of the company is analysed and on this basis the desired state of the company is defined. Further a gap analysis is provided between the current and the desired states and appropriate action plan is proposed to reduce the gap. The presentation is focussed on applicability of above mentioned approach in conditions of transitional economy. The authors regret that due to ever growing competition some of the future proposals are confidential.