Study On OTIS’ Product Development Process Based On ACE

As one of the R&D center in China, OTIS TEDA SIT (System Integrated Team)has been undertaken more and more new product development projects. ACE isUTC’s key idea for putting up productivity and improving the process. ACE wasintroduced in manufactory initially, got ahead in the department. After Tianjin SITfound, ACE has been applied in the development works step by step. SIT follows thePDP in product development.The thesis firstly introduces OTIS China, OTIS R&D department-SIT with itsproducts, and product development process, analyses the key issue in current productdevelopment. In the chapter two, the thesis summarizes ACE and ACE tools, thenpresents the building of ACE team in detail, introduces the ACE’s popularity andapplication, illustrates the ACE’s tools for product development process. As SITACE’s participant, standard works compiler, and the development process improver,the author links theory with practice, introduces the application of ACE’s tools,chiefly uses the VSM to analyze and improve the product design process in R&Ddepartment, gives suggestions in product data management, project management andcooperation design.