Implementing Concurrent Engineering in Small Companies

Implementing Concurrent Engineering in Small Companies
Author: Susan Skalak
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2002-07-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 082474389X

Presenting a systematic approach to concurrent engineering (CE), this reference accommodates the small corporation's quest to incorporate better design management practices. The author provides an easy-to-follow methodology that eliminates the need for costly consultants and promotes environmentally friendly solutions and introduces three main design models to aid in new, evolutionary, and incremental product design. She examines how the adoption of CE practices improves overall performance. Topics include: engineering specifications for product parameters, conceptual and embodiment design, vendor selection and approval, prototyping, line and equipment installation, and more.

Implementing Concurrent Engineering in Small Companies

Implementing Concurrent Engineering in Small Companies
Author: Susan Skalak
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002-07-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780203910726

Presenting a systematic approach to concurrent engineering (CE), this reference accommodates the small corporation's quest to incorporate better design management practices. The author provides an easy-to-follow methodology that eliminates the need for costly consultants, promotes environmentally friendly solutions, and introduces three main design models to aid in new, evolutionary, and incremental product design. She also examines how the adoption of CE practices improves overall performance. Topics include engineering specifications for product parameters, conceptual and embodiment design, vendor selection and approval, prototyping, and line and equipment installation.

Successful Implementation of Concurrent Engineering Products and Processes

Successful Implementation of Concurrent Engineering Products and Processes
Author: Sammy G. Shina
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1993-12-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780471285106

This working guide shows how to put concurrent engineering principles into action, using actual case examples from large and small companies. The case study approach is augmented with detailed advice and techniques for measuring and analyzing product and process development data. A must-have reference for every designer and firm that plans or contemplates this efficient and profitable method.

Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals: Integrated product development

Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals: Integrated product development
Author: Biren Prasad
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 536
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A thorough, original guide to using Concurrent Engineering principles to develop products that meet customer needs -- and to do so as quickly and efficiently as possible.This book shows how CE encompasses manufacturing competitiveness, life-cycle management, process reengineering, cooperative workgroups, systems engineering, information modeling, and product, process and organization integration. This book also identifies, for the first time, 25 fundamental CE metrics and measures. These are categorized into four groups: simulations and analysis, product feasibility and quality assessment, design for X-ability assessment, and process quality assessment. The book describes the new process of Concurrent Function Deployment, which allows workgroups to work concurrently on conflicting values and compare notes and common checkpoints. Extensive exercises and illustrations are included throughout. Managers involved in any type of product development.

Concurrent Engineering In Product Design And Development

Concurrent Engineering In Product Design And Development
Author: I. Moustapha
Publisher: New Age International
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2006
Genre: New products
ISBN: 9788122413090

This Book Is Written By A Group Of International Experts On Concurrent Product And Process Design And Development. It Reflects Modern Trends And Approaches In Concurrent Engineering, With Particular Emphasis On Product Development Cycle. A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Is Adopted Throughout The Book. The Book Highlights Concurrent Engineering Organization; Enabling Tools And Techniques For Successful Concurrent Engineering; Manufacturing Strategy Decision Support Tools; Measure Of Manufacturing Performance For Concurrent Engineering; Economic Justification In A Concurrent Engineering Environment; Product Data Requirements In Concurrent Engineering. All These Features Make This Book An Extremely Valuable Reference Source For Practising Professionals And Engineering Students. A Number Of Prominent Scientists And Experts From Different Countries Have Jointly Worked To Compile The Chapters Of This Book Reflecting The Latest Developments And Modern Approaches To Concurrent Engineering.

Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century

Concurrent Engineering in the 21st Century
Author: Josip Stjepandić
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 836
Release: 2015-01-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 331913776X

Presenting the gradual evolution of the concept of Concurrent Engineering (CE), and the technical, social methods and tools that have been developed, including the many theoretical and practical challenges that still exist, this book serves to summarize the achievements and current challenges of CE and will give readers a comprehensive picture of CE as researched and practiced in different regions of the world. Featuring in-depth analysis of complex real-life applications and experiences, this book demonstrates that Concurrent Engineering is used widely in many industries and that the same basic engineering principles can also be applied to new, emerging fields like sustainable mobility. Designed to serve as a valuable reference to industry experts, managers, students, researchers, and software developers, this book is intended to serve as both an introduction to development and as an analysis of the novel approaches and techniques of CE, as well as being a compact reference for more experienced readers.

Concurrent Engineering

Concurrent Engineering
Author: John R. Hartley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2017-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351458353

By simultaneously examining the concerns of design, production, purchasing, finance, and marketing from the very first stages of product planning, concurrent engineering makes doing it right the first time the rule instead of the exception. This should be the first book managers read when they are ready to eliminate waste in the product development process.An introductory handbook, it gives managers 16 clear guidelines for achieving concurrent engineering and contains abundant case studies of Japanese, U.S., and European company success stories.The book also:Defines the concurrent engineering task force as a full-time, multidisciplinary unit of operation.Discusses the necessary interdependence of concurrent engineering, Quality Function Deployment, Total Quality Control, and CAD/CAM.Shows how concurrent engineering can be structured to fit your company and used to gain flexibility and efficiency.

Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacture of Electronics Products

Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacture of Electronics Products
Author: Sammy G. Shina
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 146846518X

This book is intended to introduce and familiarize design, production, quality, and process engineers, and their managers to the importance and recent developments in concurrent engineering (CE) and design for manufacturing (DFM) of new products. CE and DFM are becoming an important element of global competitiveness in terms of achieving high-quality and low-cost products. The new product design and development life cycle has become the focus of many manufacturing companies as a road map to shortening new product introduction cycles, and to achieving a quick ramp-up of production volumes. Customer expectations have increased in demanding high-quality, functional, and user-friendly products. There is little time to waste in solving manufacturing problems or in redesigning products for ease of manufacture, since product life cycles have become very short because of technological breakthroughs or competitive pressures. Another important reason for the increased attention to DFM is that global products have developed into very opposing roles: either they are commodities, with very similar features, capabilities, and specifications; or they are very focused on a market niche. In the first case, the manufacturers are competing on cost and quality, and in the second they are in race for time to market. DFM could be a very important competitive weapon in either case, for lowering cost and increasing quality; and for increasing production ramp-up to mature volumes.

A Product Development Process Measurement Methodology Applied to Small Manufacturing Companies

A Product Development Process Measurement Methodology Applied to Small Manufacturing Companies
Author: Stephen C. Schlegel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Manufacturing processes
ISBN:

The implementation of concurrent engineering into many large companies has greatly improved their product development processes. These companies have seen significant gains in quality and customer satisfaction with reduced product costs, defects, and time-to-market (Lake, 1992). Many large companies have successfully employed this relatively new product development philosophy. However, smaller companies have not yet integrated this philosophy into their product development systems with the success that larger companies have seen. With small companies composing 98% of the manufacturing firms in this country (U.S. Census Bureau, 1995), there has been a recent push for the development of implementation methods for small companies. This paper presents a five step approach that small manufacturing companies can use to implement a concurrent engineering based product development process. Our definition of a small manufacturing company is an organization with 50 or fewer employees and net annual sales of 10 million dollars or less. The first step provides a general outline for companies to use in documenting their current product development process. The second step involves comparing the company's current product development process to a concurrent engineering based product development process model that is general enough for nearly all manufacturing firms. This step also includes the use of the theory of constraints and a so-called revised theory of constraints method to further refine the process understanding and description. Third, a new methodology for designing and applying process measurements is used to provide insight into the relationships that exists between the internal and external resources, requirements and deliverables of the product development process. It is during this step that the Process Measurement Matrix (PMM) is developed. Fourth, the PMM is used in conjunction with the analytical hierarchy process or a simple ranking technique to develop relative priorities. Finally, the appropriate measurements are constructed for each subprocess in the product development process.