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Concurrent Engineering
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With the latest development due to globalization, business unit may have the capacity to deal with the increasing competition. This is possible only by drastic organizational productivity improvement. One of the tools to achieve the organizational productivity improvement is called Concurrent Engineering. If there is a delay of three months in bringing a product to the market, it would cause an enormous loss to the organization by way of reduced market share.
A systematic approach to the integrated, concurrent design of products and to their related implementation, including operational aspects, whereby designers/ developers process simultaneously and since go ahead, all requirements of the product life cycle, from concept through delivery, includingquality, cost, schedule and user requirements.
TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING VS. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
In traditional engineering a relatively short time is spent defining the product. A relatively long time is spent designing the product and a surprisingly long time is often spent redesigning the product. The key to shortening the overall design time is to better the product and better document the design process.
Traditionally, the development of a product had been seen as a cycle of plan...do...check...act...(adjust). Concurrent engineering is a process in which appropriate disciplines are committed to work interactively to conceive.
Importance of Concurrent Engineering
The goal of Concurrent Engineering is the interactive work of different disciplines that affect a product to make it better.
1. Minimize the product life cycle - eliminate the redesign procedure.
2. Decrease production cost - results from the minimization of the product life cycle.
3. Maximize product quality - By spending more time and money initially in the design cycle and ensuring that the concept selection is optimized, the company can increase the prospect of delivering a quality product to the customer.
4. Team Work - Human Resources are working together for a common product.
Need for Integrating Design with other Functions
Product designs have existed for as long as mass production has existed. Early on, there arose a division of intellectual labor whereby the designer was responsible for producing the design and the manufacturer was responsible for making the actual product. A design which is thrown over the proverbial wall is generally difficult and costly to produce, and does not necessarily conform to the desires of the market. This functional separation and its resulting adverse effect on the resulting product design may be repeated with other functions (such as marketing, maintenance, or others). The remedy for this situation is to have the designer become more aware of other's concerns within and the need to reduce development lead time. All of these justifications for pushing concurrent engineering ideas have deep historical antecedents. These justifications are discussed below.
Concurrent Engineering.doc (Size: 80.5 KB / Downloads: 136)
With the latest development due to globalization, business unit may have the capacity to deal with the increasing competition. This is possible only by drastic organizational productivity improvement. One of the tools to achieve the organizational productivity improvement is called Concurrent Engineering. If there is a delay of three months in bringing a product to the market, it would cause an enormous loss to the organization by way of reduced market share.
A systematic approach to the integrated, concurrent design of products and to their related implementation, including operational aspects, whereby designers/ developers process simultaneously and since go ahead, all requirements of the product life cycle, from concept through delivery, includingquality, cost, schedule and user requirements.
TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING VS. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
In traditional engineering a relatively short time is spent defining the product. A relatively long time is spent designing the product and a surprisingly long time is often spent redesigning the product. The key to shortening the overall design time is to better the product and better document the design process.
Traditionally, the development of a product had been seen as a cycle of plan...do...check...act...(adjust). Concurrent engineering is a process in which appropriate disciplines are committed to work interactively to conceive.
Importance of Concurrent Engineering
The goal of Concurrent Engineering is the interactive work of different disciplines that affect a product to make it better.
1. Minimize the product life cycle - eliminate the redesign procedure.
2. Decrease production cost - results from the minimization of the product life cycle.
3. Maximize product quality - By spending more time and money initially in the design cycle and ensuring that the concept selection is optimized, the company can increase the prospect of delivering a quality product to the customer.
4. Team Work - Human Resources are working together for a common product.
Need for Integrating Design with other Functions
Product designs have existed for as long as mass production has existed. Early on, there arose a division of intellectual labor whereby the designer was responsible for producing the design and the manufacturer was responsible for making the actual product. A design which is thrown over the proverbial wall is generally difficult and costly to produce, and does not necessarily conform to the desires of the market. This functional separation and its resulting adverse effect on the resulting product design may be repeated with other functions (such as marketing, maintenance, or others). The remedy for this situation is to have the designer become more aware of other's concerns within and the need to reduce development lead time. All of these justifications for pushing concurrent engineering ideas have deep historical antecedents. These justifications are discussed below.