The principle of concurrent engineering involves the integration of all parts of products development, from design to marketing, with the goal of saving time and money. These techniques are necessary for manufacturers who want to remain competitive. This book explores the values of this new system as well as its difficulties. Detailed chapters in this volume explore specific examples and present an overview of topics that are rapidly replacing traditional engineering approaches.
G. Azzone and C. Maselia, Techniques for Measuring the Performances of
Concurrent Engineering. G. Azzone and U. Berteli, Techniques for Comparing
the Economic Effectiveness of Concurrent and Traditional Engineering. D.R.
Kuhn, W.J Majurski, W. McCoy, and F. Schulz, Open Systems Software Standards
in Concurrent Engineering. M Yoshimura, Concurrent Product Design and
Manufacturing. K.L. Kitto, Integrating Concurrent Engineering and CMI into a
Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program. H.-C. Zhang and G. C. H.
Winkenwerder, Design-Decision Support in Concurrent/Simultaneous Engineering.
T.J Pavliscak and C.A. Campman, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly and
Concurrent Engineering in Electro-Optical Systems. G.M Nielson and M.R.
Henderson, Visualization in Concurrent Engineering. D.J Moore, Multimedia
Presentation Techniques and Technology. E. Alemanni, Techniques in Technical
Documentation. F DiCesare and Al C. Zhou, Symbolic Performance Evaluation of
Concurrent Systems by Combining Petri Nets and Moment Generating Functions.
B. Pourbabai, Concurrent Design and operation of an Integrated Manufacturing
Systems.
