Abstract
The ability to react in a timely manner to the changing market requirements impinging upon a firm is essential. One of the tools used in product and process design in order to provide this quick reaction is concurrent engineering. Concurrent engineering can be defined as the use of a team to provide the design of products and processes simultaneously or nearly so. The team consists of highly qualified, multi-disciplined individuals with significant experience who have agreed to a common goal. This goal is usually along the line of developing a product design, sometimes using QFD, and processes for this product in a rapid response mode. Product life cycles are shrinking and a six-month overrun in design time will cut profits by approximately one third. Further the product must be of appropriate quality, have the proper features and be produced to cost what the customer is willing to pay.
The authors would like to acknowledge the aid of two masters candidates who aided in preparation of parts of this chapter — Mr Xing Gu and Mrs Linda Harrel. Andersen Consulting has also provided information for this chapter.
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Emanuel, J.T., Kroll, D.E. (1998). Concurrent engineering. In: Handbook of Total Quality Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5281-9_20
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