A faster, cheaper and safer route to CE

Stephen Evans; Fiona Lettice; Palminder Smart

doi:10.1108/09642369310081891

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World Class Design to Manufacture

ISSN: 1352-3074
This journal ceased publication in 1995

Online from: 1994

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A faster, cheaper and safer route to CE

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Title:	A faster, cheaper and safer route to CE
Author(s):	Stephen Evans, (Comprehensive background in manufacturing and is currently working as a Senior Lecturer and Industrial Consultant while supervising five doctoral students and several industrial research projects. He can be contacted at the CIM Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Beds, UK, MK43 OAL. Tel: 01234 754073; Fax: 01234 750852.), Fiona Lettice, (BSc (Hons) in technology and management science and an MSc in computer-integrated manufacturing. She is developing her interest in concurrent engineering implementation methodologies through a PhD research programme at the CIM Institute at Cranfield. She previously spent two years working in the energy and consultancy industries.), Palminder Smart, (BSc (Hons) in social sciences and an MSc in computer-integrated manufacturing. She has four years' experience in production control and distribution software training consultancy. She is currently on a PhD research programme at the CIM Institute at Cranfield, studying best practice concurrent engineering implementations in companies worldwide.)
Citation:	Stephen Evans, Fiona Lettice, Palminder Smart, (1995) "A faster, cheaper and safer route to CE", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 2 Iss: 2, pp.10 - 16
Keywords:	Concurrent engineering, Implementation, New product development, Product development, Teams
Article type:	Technical paper
DOI:	10.1108/09642369310081891 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Describes the FAST concurrent engineering (CE) implementation methodology that has been developed by the authors at Cranfield University, through research and consultancy activities. The methodology is presented in a paper-based work-book and describes three stages a company could proceed through to take it from an initial interest in CE, to the successful implementation of a pilot CE product development project and then expansion. The focus is on the introduction of multidisciplinary product development teams as the main vehicle for radically improving product development performance.