Download or read book Gain competitive advantage by managing complexity written by Moritoyo Onishi and published by Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH Co KG. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dependency and Structure Modelling (DSM) techniques support the management of complexity by focusing attention on the elements of a complex system and how they are related to each other. The DSM perspective can assist in understanding, designing and optimising complex systems – including products, processes and organisations. This volume comprises peer-reviewed papers representing state-of-the-art in DSM research and applications. The papers were presented at the 14th International DSM Conference held in September 2012 in Kyoto.