Contents

Up Front

From the Editor of Visions

The President's Perspective

News from PDMA's Executive Director Robin Karol

NPD Trends and Practices

Cover Story: What leading companies are doing to reinvent their NPD processes

Forging successful university-industry collaborations

Observations on implementing an innovation system—Q&A with Michael Botos of Cardinal Health

Global NPD News

PDMA New Zealand considers how to leverage the region's strengths to be an innovation partner with the world

Interview with Geely Executive—What China-based Geely is doing in new product development to compete with global automakers

Conferences and Workshops

Buffalo Innovation Conference

6th Annual PDMA/IIR Front End of Innovation Conference in Boston

Chapter Spotlight: PDMA Carolinas chapter

PDMA News and Announcements

News from the Executive Director's Office

Announcement of the 2008 Winners of the Outstanding Corporate Innovation (OCI) Award

From the Editor of JPIM

NPD Resources

PDMA Conference Calendar

PDMA Foundation launches global sourcing study

Information of PDMA Membership and Visions Magazine

PDMA Chapter and Affiliate Listing

Visions - September 2008 Index