Concurrent Engineering: Concepts, Implementation and Practice

One Concurrent Engineering: Concepts, Definitions and Issues.- 1 Introduction to concurrent engineering.- 2 Concurrent engineering case studies: lessons from Ford Motor Company experience.- Organizational and managerial issues.- Design maturity.- Two Essential Techniques for Concurrent Engineering.- 5 Quality function deployment: an overview.- 6 Design for manufacture.- Design for assembly.- Rapid prototyping of physical parts.- Rapid prototyping of software and hybrid systems.- Three Product Design, Support and Management Tools for Concurrent Engineering.- 10 Software tools for the product development process.- 11 The role of knowledge-based systems in concurrent engineering.- 12 Software solutions for concurrent engineering II.- 13 Strategies for concurrent engineering and sources of further information.