Herrera-Hernandez, M. C.Luna, C.Prada, L.Berdugo, C.Al-Ashaab, AhmedRajkumar RoyEssam Shehab2009-10-012009-10-0120092009-03-31M.C.Herrera-Hernandez, C.Luna, L.Prada, C.Berdugo, A.Al-Ashaab, Modelling the Product Development performance of Colombian Companies, Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp316978-0-9557436-4-1http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3725Organised by: Cranfield UniversityThis paper presents the general model of the Product Development Process (PDP) in the Metal mechanics Industry in Barranquilla-Colombia, since this sector contributes significantly to the productivity of this industrial city. This case study counted on a five-company sample. The main goal was to model the current conditions of the PDP according to the Concurrent Engineering philosophy. The companies were selected according to their productive profile, in order to contrast differences regarding the structure of their productive processes, conformation of multidisciplinary teams, integration of different areas, customers and suppliers to the PDP; human resources, information, technology and marketing constraints.enCopyright: Cranfield University 2009Product Process DevelopmentConcurrent EngineeringMultidisciplinary TeamsHuman ResourcesInformationTechnology and MarketingConference paper