Concurrent Engineering

With respect to
Sustainability

Concurrent Engineering Defined

How would you define concurrent

engineering (CE)?
Definition: Integrated approach to productdesign that takes into account all stages of a
products life cycle from design to disposal
including costs, quality, testing, user needs,
customer support, and logistics
What is an example of this?
- BusinessDictionary.com

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CE Illustration

http://www.similesystems.com.au/Manufacturing/ManufacturingLifeCycle.htm

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Sustainability Defined

What is sustainability?
What makes something sustainable?
Definition: Ability to maintain or support an
activity or process over the long term
- BusinessDictionary.com

Give an example of something sustainable

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Questions to Consider

How can they be related?

What makes them related?
Why is there a need for either concept?
Is the relationship mutually beneficial or
mutually exclusive?

Why or why not?

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CE vs. Sustainability
Concurrent Engineering

Sustainability

Product & Process

Social & Economic

Constraints

Long-term Goals

Long-term Success

Resources

Manage Limited Resources

Others?

Others?

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Why Engineers Care

We are working in an expanding world with

finite resources
One approach = Innovation + Conservation
(Simultaneously, in parallel)
Engineers are the ones who influence the
utilization of resources with process design,
therefore we are also the professionals
others turn to for solutions

CE helps to accomplish these goals

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The Need for CE & Sustainability

Environments are constantly changing

Actions must be quick, effective, and responsible
Things must be done correctly the first time
Reduce reaction time and act
To be competitive, corporations must alter their
product and process development cycle to be able to
complete diverse tasks concurrently
Continuous improvement is always needed

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The CE Approach

Focuses on optimizing and distributing

resources within a company or unit during
design and development
Collaboration is required
Involves implementation, appraisal, and
continuous improvement initiatives
Must be applied throughout a system to be
successful (requires strong leadership)
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How to Apply the CE Approach

Commitment, Planning, and Leadership

Continuous Improvement

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Requires strong _________________________

to mandate organizational changes successfully
CE is a process of ________________________
with a variety of implementation strategies, so
continuous improvement is needed

Communication & Collaboration

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Why Use CE Principles

Competitive Advantage

Increased Performance

Improves quality, development cycle, delivery

timeetc

Reduced design and production

(development) costs

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Helps any size company (small or large)

Respond better to customers expectations at

lower costs
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Examples of Sustainability & CE

Minimizing environmental damage to provide

sufficient food, water, shelter, and mobility for
an increasing world population
Designing products and processes so that
wastes from one are used as inputs to
another
Including environmental and social
constraints with economic considerations to
make decisions
- Source 4

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Review of Article Assigned

Need for sustainability as population growth and economic

programs put stress on ecosystem balances
Concurrency is the leading design paradigm in achieving
balance and sustainability in the human/environmental system
(Dawson, 63)

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Concurrency consists of: ______________ & ______________

Concurrency is determined by comparing the current capacity
and environmental systems _____________ to meet to current
needs with the uncommitted system _____________________
________________ (Dawson, 64)

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Review of Article

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Concurrency as a management tool should be considered from

the center of authority and not the local units; however the local
unit decisions must be considered in the overall concurrency
management plan (Dawson, 65)
Concurrency provides assurance to developers, builders, and
investors (owners) (Dawson, 65)
Serious problems can arise when concurrency is applied to
___________________ and ___________________. (Dawson, 66)
Concurrency depends on achieving and maintaining
standards (Dawson, 67)
Sustainable economic development and environmental quality
and not mutually _______________ (Dawson, 68)
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Review of CE Principles

Get a strong commitment from senior management.

Establish unified project goals and a clear business mission.
Develop a detailed plan early in the process.
Continually review your progress and revise your plan.
Develop project leaders that have an overall vision of the project and goals.
Analyze your market and know your customers.
Suppress individualism and foster a team concept.
Establish and cultivate cross-functional integration and collaboration.
Transfer technology between individuals and departments.
Break project into its natural phases.
Develop metrics.
Set milestones throughout the development process.
Collectively work on all parts of project.
Reduce costs and time to market.
Complete tasks in parallel.
(List from Source 3)

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Homework due 2/10

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Complete both assigned problems to hand in

next class period

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References

Dawson, R., & Tao, S. (2002, January). Concurrency: a system design approach to
environmental management and sustainability. Journal of Environmental Sciences (IOS
Press), 14(1), 63. Retrieved January 28, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Concurrent engineering / Manufacturing lifecycle illustration:

http://www.similesystems.com.au/Manufacturing/ManufacturingLifeCycle.htm

http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~pps/pps/concurrent.html

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Used for structure and info on several slides

NASA definition: http://www.ansoft.com/workshops/aeroee/NASA_Ray_Beach.pdf

http://www.csengin.org/

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