Journal of Electronics ManufacturingVol. 01, No. 02, pp. 97-104 (1991) PapersNo AccessThe concurrent engineering approach to product developmentMICHAEL J. O’FLYNN and M. MUNIR AHMADMICHAEL J. O’FLYNNDigital Equipment Corporation, Manufacturing Engineering Department, Ballybrit Industrial Estate, Galway, Ireland Search for more papers by this author and M. MUNIR AHMADDepartment of Mechanical and Production Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Search for more papers by this author https://doi.org/10.1142/S0960313191000126Cited by:0 Previous AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractThe manufacturing sector has experienced significant changes over the past twenty years. Companies are becoming more international and are facing increased competitive challenges. Because of this, and owing to higher customer expectations, there are greater demands on product quality, functionality, aesthetics, reliability, and flexibility. In addition, product life-cycles have reduced which has led to shorter time periods in which to recover costs. There is greater pressure on design teams to develop products in shorter time periods as profits have been shown to be very sensitive to time-to-market (TTM). Many of the above factors are directly influenced during product development and therefore the approach adopted during this phase of the product life-cycle can have a major impact on profitability. This paper defines the simultaneous or concurrent engineering (CE) approach to product development, and the benefits of adopting it, versus the traditional sequential engineering approach. CE implementation techniques, including formal methodologies and computer-based initiatives, currently employed or being developed, are described. Finally, an overview of a design for manufacture (DFM) expert model for PWB design and manufacture, based on minimising manufacturing costs, is presented (in this context, a PWB includes printed wiring board plus componentry).Keywords:Concurrent engineeringsimultaneous engineeringdesign for manufactureproduct development FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Recommended Vol. 01, No. 02 Metrics History KeywordsConcurrent engineeringsimultaneous engineeringdesign for manufactureproduct developmentPDF download