1st Edition

Implementing Concurrent Engineering in Small Companies

By Susan Skalak Copyright 2002
328 Pages
by CRC Press

326 Pages
by CRC Press

328 Pages
by CRC Press

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... Read more
Chapter One: Is this your company; what is concurrent engineering. Chapter Two: Organizational change and CE; barriers to change. Chapter Three: An overview of CE methodology; product and process development teams. Chapter Four: The project planning phase; the conceptual design phase; Chapter Five: The design phase; the production preparation phase. Chapter Six: Tailoring the product design methodology; tailoring the manufacturing process design methodology. Chapter Seven: The risk assessment model for sheetmetal and plastic parts; examples of the use of the risk assessment model. Chapter Eight: Methodology overview; DFE example. Chapter Nine: Identify need for change; preparation.

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Skalak, Susan