Article: Concurrent engineering as an integrator for managing product development/delivery process Journal: International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (IJMPT) 1997 Vol.12 No.4/5/6 pp.279 - 287 Abstract: What does it take to change a company that has been manually creating all of its designs, and using information technology (IT) to manage the data to one where Concurrent Engineering (CE) is a process integrator? Such an integrative CE system needs to know a tremendous amount about parts, processes, and environments of a company before it can start generate any new design. The CE system needs to know the company|s IT environment as well as any product specific integration logic. The resident experts must agree on the best way to make a part before any concurrent team starts laying down the integration logic. The paper describes how a CE system helps to integrate the product design, development and delivery (PD³) process based on requirements about the family of parts, features, and attributes. Supporting database information that is made integral to the CE system includes: geometry, form features, design criteria, heuristics, best design practices. Non-geometric information includes: system analysis tools, materials, assembly sequence, and, of course, the enterprise|s knowledge base of design decision logic. System analysis tools include: the best of classical analysis, information modelling, and experimentation methods, blended with knowledge-based methodologies and integration logic. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Concurrent engineering as an integrator for managing product development/delivery process

Authors: Biren Prasad

Addresses: lectronic Data Systems (EDS), Automated Concurrent Engineering (ACE), CERA Institute, P.O. Box 250254, West Bloomfield, MI 48325-0254, USA

Abstract: What does it take to change a company that has been manually creating all of its designs, and using information technology (IT) to manage the data to one where Concurrent Engineering (CE) is a process integrator? Such an integrative CE system needs to know a tremendous amount about parts, processes, and environments of a company before it can start generate any new design. The CE system needs to know the company|s IT environment as well as any product specific integration logic. The resident experts must agree on the best way to make a part before any concurrent team starts laying down the integration logic. The paper describes how a CE system helps to integrate the product design, development and delivery (PD³) process based on requirements about the family of parts, features, and attributes. Supporting database information that is made integral to the CE system includes: geometry, form features, design criteria, heuristics, best design practices. Non-geometric information includes: system analysis tools, materials, assembly sequence, and, of course, the enterprise|s knowledge base of design decision logic. System analysis tools include: the best of classical analysis, information modelling, and experimentation methods, blended with knowledge-based methodologies and integration logic.

Keywords: concurrent engineering; intelligent information systems; IIS; product delivery; product development; simultaneous engineering; process integration; product design; process management; systems analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.1997.036365

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 1997 Vol.12 No.4/5/6, pp.279 - 287

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