Concurrent Engineering
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
21-4-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
21-4-2014 11:30 AM
Student's Major
Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Winston Sealy
Mentor's Email Address
winston.sealy@mnsu.edu
Mentor's Department
Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Mentor's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Description
A key aspect of a company’s survival in the current competitive market is being able to translate concepts from ideation to production as efficiently as possible. Many factors such as time to market, costs, and quality affects a company’s competitive edge. Therefore, the focus of the research was to identify the apparent gap between the designing and manufacturing phases of a product’s life cycle due to the inefficient use of time. The proposed solution to this problem is the implementation of concurrent engineering. The information used was obtained by reading scholarly journals and articles. Concurrent engineering is the collaboration of the necessary stakeholders from multiple disciplines for product development. This effort could be conducted as either a simultaneous or an additive approach. Simultaneous collaboration involves all relevant parties working on the project and remaining invested throughout the process. The additive approach requires stakeholders to join the team for each iterative succession of the process. This solution is beneficial because it eliminates communication gaps, and allows for early detection of potential problems in various areas. In order to maximize the practice of concurrent engineering in the field, it should be engrained into the educational curriculum of upcoming engineers and all other relevant professions.
Concurrent Engineering
CSU Ballroom
A key aspect of a company’s survival in the current competitive market is being able to translate concepts from ideation to production as efficiently as possible. Many factors such as time to market, costs, and quality affects a company’s competitive edge. Therefore, the focus of the research was to identify the apparent gap between the designing and manufacturing phases of a product’s life cycle due to the inefficient use of time. The proposed solution to this problem is the implementation of concurrent engineering. The information used was obtained by reading scholarly journals and articles. Concurrent engineering is the collaboration of the necessary stakeholders from multiple disciplines for product development. This effort could be conducted as either a simultaneous or an additive approach. Simultaneous collaboration involves all relevant parties working on the project and remaining invested throughout the process. The additive approach requires stakeholders to join the team for each iterative succession of the process. This solution is beneficial because it eliminates communication gaps, and allows for early detection of potential problems in various areas. In order to maximize the practice of concurrent engineering in the field, it should be engrained into the educational curriculum of upcoming engineers and all other relevant professions.
Recommended Citation
Howley, Peter; Ridge Raddatz; and Rebecca Pasquale. "Concurrent Engineering." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2014.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2014/poster_session_A/55
