Product Development and Management Association

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is an American nonprofit professional society that organizes and publishes information about new product development.

Product Development and Management Association
Founded1976[1]
TypeProfessional Association
Area served
Worldwide
MethodCertification, industry standards, conferences, publications
Key people
Susan Penta (Chair)
Greg Coticchia (Vice-Chair)
Marlon Hernandez (Secretary/Treasurer)
Eric Ewald (Executive Director)
Websitewww.pdma.org

Founded in 1976,[1] they currently have about 3500 members worldwide,[2] with 22 chapters in the United States and 16 affiliates in other parts of the world, including India.

PDMA operates a training program leading to the New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification.

They hold an annual conference that gives an opportunity for professional exchange, and they offer a wide range of publications, including:

The JPIM journal, published by Wiley-Blackwell and held in numerous university libraries, ranked 19 out of 40 marketing journals that were evaluated for their usefulness in a 2002 study.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Beckley, Jacqueline (2007). Accelerating new food product design and development. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8138-0809-3.
  2. ^ Front End Innovation Europe's Strategic Partner - The PDMA
  3. ^ Journal of Product Innovation Management - Journal Information Wiley-Blackwell
  4. ^ Kenneth B. Kahn (editor): The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development, Second Edition published by John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-48524-1.
  5. ^ Vasilis Theoharakis and Andrew Hirst (2002). "Perceptual differences of marketing journals: a worldwide perspective". Marketing Letters. 13 (4): 389–402. doi:10.1023/A:1020378718456. S2CID 166858049.
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