VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HO CHI MINH CITY HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ---------------o0o--------------- DUONG QUANG HAO NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM Major: Industrial Engineering Major ID: 8520117 MASTER THESIS HO CHI MINH CITY, January 2024 THIS RESEARCH IS COMPLETED AT: HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – VNU HCM Instructor: Assoc. PhD Do Ngoc Hien. Examiner 1: PhD Do Thanh Luu. Examiner 2: PhD Le Song Thanh Quynh.
Master’s Thesis is defended at HCMC University of Technology, VNU-HCM on January 27th 2024. The Board of The Master’s Thesis Defense Council includes: 1. Chairman: PhD Nguyen Vang Phuc Nguyen. Secretary: PhD Nguyen Duc Duy.
Counter-Argument Member: PhD Do Thanh Luu. Counter-Argument Member: PhD Le Song Thanh Quynh. Council Member: PhD Duong Quoc Buu. Verification of the Chairman of the Master’s Thesis Defense Council and the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering after the thesis is corrected (if any).
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL DEAN OF FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING i VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HCMC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM VNUHCM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Independence – Liberty – Happiness __________________ _______________________ MASTER’S THESIS ASSIGNMENTS Full name: DUONG QUANG HAO. Date of birth: September 01, 2000. Place of birth: Gia Lai. Major: Industrial Engineering.
I – TITLE: NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM/ PHÁT TRIỂN SẢN PHẨM MỚI TRONG NỀN CÔNG NGHIỆP THỜI TRANG NHANH: MỘT NGHIÊN CỨU ĐIỂN HÌNH TẠI VIỆT NAM ASSIGNMENTS AND CONTENT: Assignments: • Understanding the importance of New Product Development process. • Suggesting a preper New Development Process for better efficiency. • Applying the New Product Development in a case study in practical. Content: • Chapter 1 gives some introduction and determines the goal and scope of the study.
• Chapter 2 reports the literature review and shows the methodology of the study. • Chapter 3 presents the research object. • Chapter 4 presents in detail the case study related to the topic mentioned. • Chapter 5 gives conclusion statements and some suggestions for future studies.
II – ASSIGNMENT DELIVERING DATE (based on the Decision on Assignments ii Delivering): 05/09/2022 III – ASSIGNMENT COMPLETING DATE (based on the Decision on Assignments Delivering): 27/1/2024 IV – INSTRUCTOR: Assoc. PhD Do Ngoc Hien. Ho Chi Minh City, 15th February, 2024 INSTRUCTOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DEAN OF FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS During the time of researching and studying to complete the graduation thesis with the topic "NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY: A CASE STUDY IN VIETNAM", I have received a lot of help from my teachers, my company and my friends. I would especially like to thank Dr.
Do Ngoc Hien and Dr. Nguyen Duc Duy for his instructions in detailing and developing my idea, his advises help me improve my thesis report to a higher level. I also want to thank my company, Thanh Cong, for giving me a precious opportunity that I could do a further research and complete my graduation thesis here. Despite some remaining imperfections in this graduation thesis, this report reflects my efforts to do research on the topic “product development”.
I feel so grateful if I could receive comments and suggestions about this report for the further knowledge. Thank you! Ho Chi Minh city, 2023 iv ABSTRACT The proposed new approach for the New Product Development (NPD) is intended to enhance the competitive advantages of start-up businesses facing many problems related to lack of investment, available market information and experience in the industry. The new products were mainly developed by doing competitors analysis and checking voice of customers. First, identifying the top competitors of the companies by Competitor Profile Matrix (CPM) method.
Then, the best-selling items of the top 3 competitors would be analyzed to define the essential factors that can be favored by the customers. After that, the new functions of product would be added by checking customers feedbacks. Finally, the samples would be made for further improvement. The time required for New Product Development process can be shortened to within 2 weeks and the budget can be reduced significantly by doing competitor analysis because the companies can directly apply essential factors of best-selling items without having to make so many options and tests.
Besides, the risk of failure can also be decreased if the companies follow top-selling product characteristics. The proposed approach provides valuable insights about new product development in fashion companies regarding new product development strategies. The study addressed concerns of many start-up businesses, and remedies some of the limitations of the previous methodology. The approach gives companies a competitive edge by enabling them to innovate more effectively and efficiently within a limited budget and time.
Keywords: New product development (NPD); Customer surveys; Competitor analysis; Fashion industry; Business strategy… v TÓM TẮT ĐỀ TÀI Cách tiếp cận được đề xuất trong báo cáo này về lĩnh vực phát triển sản phẩm nhằm mục đích nâng cao khả năng cạnh tranh cho cách doanh nghiệp khởi nghiệp. Các doanh nghiệp này thường gặp các vấn đề như thiếu chi phí đầu tư, thông tin thị trường hay kinh nghiệm trong ngành. Sản phẩm mới theo cách tiếp cận này sẽ được phát triển chủ yếu thông qua phân tích đối thủ cạnh tranh và kiểm tra tiếng nói của khách hàng. Đầu tiên, bằng phương pháp “Competitor Profile Matrix” (CPM), công ty có thể xác định được các đối thủ cạnh tranh trực tiếp lớn nhất trên thị trường.
Sau đó, các sản phẩm bán chạy nhấn của 3 đối thủ cạnh tranh lớn nhất sẽ được chọn ra để nghiên cứu nhằm tìm ra các nhân tố chủ chốt dẫn đến sự thành công cho các sản phẩm này. Sau đó, thông qua việc kiểm tra đánh giá của khách hàng về các sản phẩm bán chạy, công ty có thể tìm ra và thêm vào những tính năng mới nhằm khắc phục các điểm của sản phẩm chưa làm khách hàng hài lòng. Cuối cùng, mẫu thử sẽ được làm để đánh giá và cải thiện hơn. Khi áp dụng cách tiếp cận này, thời gian dành cho phát triển sản phẩm mới có thể được rút ngắn xuống chỉ còn 2 tuần và chi phí dành cho dự án cũng sẽ được tối thiểu đáng kể vì công ty không cần làm quá nhiều mẫu thử nhiều lần để kiểm tra và chỉnh sửa.
Ngoài ra, rủi ro thất bại cũng sẽ được giảm thiểu vì công ty đang đi theo những đặc điểm mà các sản phẩm bán chạy nhất trên thị trường theo đuổi. Cách tiếp cận được đề xuất trong bài này cũng cấp những góc nhìn giá trị về vấn đề phát triển sản phẩm mới trong thị trường thời trang nhanh thông qua nghiên cứu điểm hình. Nghiên cứu đã giải quyết được những nỗi lo ngại cuả các doanh nghiệp khởi nghiệp cũng như giải quyết được các giới hạn của các phương pháp truyền thống. Cách tiếp cận này giúp các công ty gia tăng lợi thế cạnh tranh vì họ có thể không ngừng sáng tạo và cải tiến chỉ với một ngân sách và quỹ thời gian ít ỏi.
Từ khóa: Phát triển sản phẩm, khảo sát khách hàng, phân tích đối thủ, thời trang nhanh, chiến lược doanh nghiệp… vi DECLARATION I hereby declare that this is my own research. All the data and the results used in this research are honest and have not been published in other studies. I will be totally responsible for my research if it is incorrect as mentioned above. The research’s author DUONG QUANG HAO vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
vii TABLE OF CONTENTS. viii LIST OF FIGURES .xi LIST OF TABLES. xii TABLE OF ACRONYMS. LITERATURE REVIEW AND METHODOLOGY .1 New product development applications .1 Project management method .2 Data collection method .3 Competitor selection method.
INTRODUCTION OF RESEARCH SUBJECT .1 Introduction of Company .2 Introduction of Company Business .3 Introduction of Customers. NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IN FASHION INDUSTRY .1 New Product Development Project Introduction .3 General Requirements for New Products .4 New Product Development Idea Generating.1 Step 1: Market research – Competitors Analysis and Customer Research. Identify essential factors for best-selling items .3 Step 3: Developing Draft Designs (detailed design). Make a Sample and Test .5 New Product Development Project Management.2 Human Resource management.3 Pricing & Sale Management .6 Result Evaluation of the Method .1 Status of application .7 Future Application for the New Product Development Process.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .1 Graduation Thesis Completion Level. 62 x LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2. Project life cycle [Westland (Placeholder1)(2007)]. Thanh Cong company.
Thanh Cong company award in recent years (Source: Company website) 12 Figure 3. TC Commerce (De Closet) - fashion platform of Thanh Cong. Customers of Thanh Cong garment manufacturing export. Vietnamese Streetwear market.
4-way stretch fabric & 2-way stretch fabric (Source: Internet). Monthly sales of “Levents Popular Logo 2.0” collection by color. Designs from competitor Levents with 4 different types of design. Competitors using type 4 design.
AON network of the project. Gantt chart for project. Adjustments for next NPD project of the company .49 xi LIST OF TABLES Table 4. General requirement for New Product.
Choosing competitors by CPM method. Customers Interview Questionnairs. Identifying competitor's strengths and weaknesses. Choosing fabric for new products.
Suggested size chart for a new collection. Levents selling monthly by type of design. Choosing design type. Design orientation of new products.
Details in the draft design. Selecting fabric suppliers. Evaluating manufacture factory. Choosing manufacture factory.
Material Quantity Calculation. Project Estimated Timeline. Human resource for project. Human Resource Allocation by Period.
Pricing of New Product. Sale & Marketing cost distribution. Estimated Cost of Project. Estimated Profit of Project.
Project application status. 51 xiii TABLE OF ACRONYMS No Acronym Explanation 1 NPD New Prodcut Development 2 MOQ Minimun Order Quantity 3 GSM Grams per Square Meter 4 CPM Competitive Profile Matrix 5 OP Operation Profit 6 GP Gross profit 7 S&A Sale and Administration xiv CHAPTER 1.1 Rationale New Product Development (NPD) is a familiar term widely used in different industries such as tourism industry (A. Bramwell [1]), mechanical industry (A. Albers et al.
Miller et al. López-Mas et al. [4]), to mention few. Fixson [5] defined NPD as introducing a new product, method, or service.
New product development is a process in which a product is designed and prepared for the sales department to utilize a market opportunity (K. In a dynamic marketplace, organizations consider NPD to be the core of competitive strategy (Y. On the other hand, S. Tyagi et al.
[8] claimed that product development is a broad field, including planning, design, creation, and marketing of a new product, becoming an essential factor in overcoming the competitors with main products with a longer development time. In general, new product development is a process to innovate and ensure a new value to increase the competitiveness of the firms in the market. The product development process is typically set up based on new ideas of related departments or to overcome the weaknesses of the company’s current products. In the last decades, the market has changed rapidly and continuously, increasing the importance of investing in the development and innovation of all companies (M.
Rossi et al. The product innovation and development processes are crucial and essential for ensuring the survival of business companies (S. Kumar et al. Khongmalai [11] proved innovation's irreplaceable role in enhancing the SME level's competitive advantages, especially in the frozen food industry.
Khongmalai also concluded that innovation or product development is becoming the strategic tool for enhancing business to gain competitive advantages among other competitors.