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Concurrent Engineering: Shortening Lead Times, Raising Quality, and Lowering Costs book cover

1st Edition

Concurrent Engineering Shortening Lead Times, Raising Quality, and Lowering Costs

By John R. Hartley Copyright 1990
330 Pages
by Productivity Press

330 Pages
by Productivity Press

330 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more
  1. The Need for Change
  2. Quickening Change
  3. The Key to Japanese Success
  4. North American Pioneers
  5. CE in the European Automobile Industry
  6. Management in Control of Product Development
  7. Total Quality Control Becomes a Reality
  8. Concurrent Engineering Enhances Design
  9. Easier Production, Fewer Failures
  10. Robust Products for Manufacture
  11. Concurrent Engineering is Wasted without CAD/CAM
  12. Concurrent Engineering Makes Friends with Manufacturing
  13. Customer-Driven Vendors
  14. Starting Concurrent Engineering
  15. Surprises and Shorter Product Lives
  16. Future Concurrent Engineering

Biography

John R. Hartley

"Corporate survival in the 90s depends on the ability to fully satisfy key customer requirements. CE (a philosophy) and QFD (a methodology to implement CE) are the first steps towards that goal. This book provides a balanced discussion of theory, implementation techniques, and real examples from current practitioners to guide the readers to the ultimate goal: Total Customer Satisfaction."

Jose A. Lugo, Corp Engineering Productivity Group, Harris Corporation 06/01/04


"The author has heard the 'voice of the customer' and responded well. His book explains the concepts and tools of concurrent engineering and presents case studies to guide the reader through its implementation. It should be read by anyone involved in getting a product from design to the customer."

Gary A. Maddux, Quality Improvement Techniques Lab., U of Alabama Huntsville 06/01/04

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