And it's just beginning a radical overhaul of its product-design process to mimic the success of rivals like Toyota.

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The IT systems also reach as far as the design and product development teams, so executives have visibility into the entire process, from product design to sales.

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At this step some of the things to consider are process design for product identification, valuation, classification and separation and the supporting technology system implementation to have an optimal separation approach.

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Customers, with their lack of design skills and market savvy, are kept safely away from the design process and only begin their role when the product hits the virtual store shelves.

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Lewis brought in two programmers from his old chip company and imposed a design process akin to one for building a chip, focusing on small components to deliver their complex product.

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