Process modelling the design of complex products in global enterprises
by Stephen C. Cooper, Ip-Shing Fan, Kamal Sehdev, Nicola J. Ward, Gareth M. Williams
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (IJCAT), Vol. 11, No. 6, 1998

Abstract: The majority of total product cost, although realised through production, is committed during design. Manufacturing constraints must be applied during the design activity but this becomes especially difficult to accomplish when much of the component manufacture and sub-assembly work is completed in an international supply chain. This paper describes how business process modelling techniques were applied to identify the problems inherent in designing a major aerospace structure for ease of manufacture in such a global supply chain. The results of the investigation and the utility of business process modelling approaches will be discussed.

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