CONCURRENT ENGINEERING

Presented by: Ashish Singla

Concurrent Engineering
Concurrent engineering is a systematic and multidisciplinary approach that simultaneously integrates the different phases of product development and the management of its processes. These processes include :
the identification of customer needs  specification of product performance requirements  design of the product and its manufacturing processes  and fabrication of the product (quality, cost, productivity and user requirements).


Objectives of CE
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tasks . Utilize all relevant information ; Work Structuring Every participates in defining the objectives of their work. Trust among team members. be introduced to and use creative tools and techniques.

Features of Concurrent Engineering

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Nominal Group Technique

Each member of the group (4 to 10 people) The Leader collects the written problem and transfers these to the display board. Participants silently write their individual list of ideas. Each Participants votes on the ideas

Need of Concurrent Engineering

Need to reduce product development lead time. y Increased Competition. y New Manufacturing Processes Developed y More Demanding Customers
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Design Team
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Product design engineer : He must be carried about the needs for the products are clearly understood and that engineering requirements are developed and met by the product. Marketing manager or product marketing manager: marketing manager has the ultimate responsibility for development of the product and represents the major link between the product and the customers. Design detailer : detailing the product and developing the manufacturing and assembly documentation. Testing engineer: The testing engineer aids the design engineer in developing test apparatus, performing experiments and gathering data in development of the product.
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y Industrial designer: Industrial designers are responsible for :
how a product looks b) how well it interacts with human users y Assembly engineer: The production engineer involved in making the components from raw materials, the assembly manager is responsible for putting the product together. y Suppliers representative: very few products are made entirely inside one factory. Usually there will be many suppliers of both raw material and finished goods
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BENEFITS OF CE ENEFITS Reduction in time y Increased customer satisfaction y Improved production quality y Reduced cost of production y Increased overall quality y Customer satisfaction y Better communication y Increases in sales
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3. References
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Chitale,A.K. and Gupta ,R.C. ,Product Design and Manufacturing, PHI Learning Private Ltd. Arora,K .C.,Total Quality Management, S. K. Kataria & Sons. www.google.com