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Current Concurrency in Practice

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Concurrent Engineering has been a major theme in the 80 s and 90 s of the previous century in research and practice. Many advantages have been achieved in terms of cost and time reduction and quality improvement. While starting with a design-manufacturing alignment, gradually the CE way of thinking has been extended to incorporate more lifecycle functions together with a stronger focus on and involvement of both customer and supplier. In this paper a history of CE is sketched as well as its major achievements and challenges. Challenges are briefly described that exist in two application areas, aeronautics and agro-food.

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  1. Social Sciences Department, Management Studies Group, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706KN, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Nel Wognum

  2. Aerospace Engineering Department, Air Transport and Operations, Technical University of Delft, Kluyverweg 1 (Building 62), 2629HS, Delft, The Netherlands

    Richard Curran

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  1. PROSTEP AG, Dolivostr. 11, Darmstadt, 64293, Germany

    Josip Stjepandić

  2. University of Applied Science Trier, Schneidershof, Trier, 54293, Germany

    Georg Rock

  3. , School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manu, RMIT University, Plenty Road, Bundoora, 3083, Victoria, Australia

    Cees Bil

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Wognum, N., Curran, R. (2013). Current Concurrency in Practice. In: Stjepandić, J., Rock, G., Bil, C. (eds) Concurrent Engineering Approaches for Sustainable Product Development in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4426-7_1

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