Concurrent Engineering

Examines the organisational changes necessary to achieve more competitive product development. Highlights teamwork as a critical success factor for effective Concurrent Engineering. Investigates the importance of the customer and the market-place. Includes numerous examples and case studies with which readers can identify and so evaluate how Concurrent Engineering could be implemented within their own organisations. Concurrent Engineering is concerned with how to respond to the ever-increasing intensity of competitive pressures (reducing time-to-market and product introduction costs) experienced in today's global market for the long-term mutual benefit of the manufacturing companies themselves and for the customers they serve. This book brings together the rationale, planning and implementation of Concurrent Engineering.