Concurrent Engineering: Contemporary issues and modern design tools

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Principles of concurrent engineering....Pages 3-23
Concurrent engineering’s roots in the World War II era....Pages 24-41
Implementation: common failure modes and success factors....Pages 42-60
Overcoming barriers to the implementation of concurrent engineering....Pages 61-74
Improving interpersonal communications on multifunctional teams....Pages 75-92
Scheduling of concurrent manufacturing projects....Pages 93-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Models of design processes....Pages 113-126
A decision-based approach to concurrent design....Pages 127-158
Concurrent optimization of product design and manufacture....Pages 159-183
Computer-based concurrent engineering systems....Pages 184-206
Multiattribute design optimization and concurrent engineering....Pages 207-230
Concurrent cell design and cell control system configuration....Pages 231-247
A generalized methodology for evaluating manufacturability....Pages 248-263
Evaluating product machinability for concurrent engineering....Pages 264-279
Concurrent optimization of design and manufacturing tolerances....Pages 280-296
Design for human factors....Pages 297-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Designing to cost....Pages 329-351
Economic design in concurrent engineering....Pages 352-371
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Application of expert systems to engineering design....Pages 375-385
A knowledge-based approach to design for manufacture using features....Pages 386-401
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Concurrent accumulation of knowledge: a view of concurrent engineering....Pages 402-412
Integrated knowledge systems for adaptive, concurrent design....Pages 413-425
Automating design for manufacturability through expert systems approaches....Pages 426-446
Modeling the design process with Petri nets....Pages 447-464
Neuro-computing and concurrent engineering....Pages 465-486
Back Matter....Pages 487-497