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Concurrent Engineering

Concepts, implementation and practice

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Chanan S. Syan

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Systems, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  2. Unny Menon

    1. Department of Industrial Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Concurrent Engineering: Concepts, Definitions and Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to concurrent engineering

      • C. S. Syan
      Pages 3-23

    3. Concurrent engineering case studies: Lessons from Ford Motor Company Experience

      • J. V. Chelsom
      Pages 25-48

    4. Organizational and managerial issues

      • K. S. Pawar
      Pages 49-74

    5. Design maturity

      • C. O’Brien, S. J. Smith
      Pages 75-87

  3. Essential Techniques for Concurrent Engineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Quality function deployment: an overview

      • U. Menon, P. J. O’Grady, J. Z. Gu, R. E. Young
      Pages 91-99

    3. Design for manufacture

      • C. S. Syan, K. G. Swift
      Pages 101-115

    4. Design for assembly

      • C. S. Syan, K. G. Swift
      Pages 117-136

    5. Rapid prototyping processes of physical parts

      • P. M. Dickens
      Pages 137-149

    6. Rapid prototyping of software and hybrid systems

      • A. Grazebrook
      Pages 151-159

  4. Product Design, Support and Management Tools for Concurrent Engineering

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Software tools for the product development process

      • S. C. Hitchins
      Pages 163-184

    3. The role of knowledge-based engineering systems in concurrent engineering

      • J. D. A. Anderson
      Pages 185-199

    4. Software solutions for concurrent engineering II

      • S. Schedler
      Pages 201-220

    5. Strategies for concurrent engineering and sources of further information

      • C. S. Syan, J. V. Chelsom
      Pages 221-229

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 231-234
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About this book

BACKGROUND There is an increasing awareness that 'time to market' is the key competitive issue in the manufacturing industry today. The global markets are demanding products that are well designed, are of high quality and are at low prices with ever decreasing lead times. Hence manufacturers are forced to utilize the best methods of technology with efficient control and management accompanied by suitably enabling organizational structures. Concurrent engineering (CE) is widely seen to be the methodology that can help satisfy these strenuous demands and keep the profitability and viability of product developers, manufacturers and suppliers high. There have been many reported successes of CE in practice. Rover were able to launch Land Rover Discovery in 18 months as compared with 48-63 months for similar products in Europe. Because of its early introduction to the market it became the best selling product in its class. AT&T report part counts down to one ninth of their previous levels and quality one hundred times (in surface defects) for VLSI (very improvements of large scale integration) circuits as a result of using the CE approach. WHO SHOULD READ THIS TEXT? This book will aim to provide a sound basis for the very diverse subject known as concurrent engineering. Concurrent engineering is recognized by an increasingly large proportion of the manufacturing industry as a necessity in order to compete in today's markets. This recognition has created the demand for information, awareness and training in good concurrent engineering practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Systems, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Chanan S. Syan

  • Department of Industrial Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA

    Unny Menon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Concurrent Engineering

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, implementation and practice

  • Editors: Chanan S. Syan, Unny Menon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1298-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-58130-4Published: 30 September 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4566-7Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1298-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 234

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Mechanical Engineering

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