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Improvement in Subsisted Product Delivery Process of
Manufacturing Organization using Concurrent Engineering
Mirza Jahanzaib1,
Syed Athar Masood1, Khalid Akhtar1, Talat Aslam1
1Industrial Engineering Department, University of
Engineering & Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
Abstract: There is a strong market demand to develop product
quickly, according to customer requirements at lower cost. To fulfill this
demand, it is essential to develop product in such a way which is quicker and
improved than traditional sequential way of product development. This can be
achieved by replacing existing practices of product development with a
collaborative approach of Concurrent Engineering (CE), which explores the
opportunities of removal of design errors at initial stage. In this paper an
attempt has been made towards exploration of implementation of CE. An
existing Product Delivery Process (PDP) of local manufacturing organization has
been closely observed and analyzed on the basis of Concurrent Engineering
principles. Possible areas of improvements have been identified and prioritized
for improvements. A comparison is made between the traditional and concurrent
approaches and based on analysis; comparison has been made for bringing the
current Product Delivery Process (PDP) of a manufacturing organization closer
to the Concurrent Engineering (CE) concept. The recommendations advocate user
companies to implement CE as a tool in manufacturing organization which is
justified after comparison that the approach is valid and implemented in
similar organization.
[Mirza Jahanzaib, Syed Athar Masood, Khalid Akhtar,
Talat Aslam. Improvement in Subsisted Product Delivery Process of Manufacturing
Organization using Concurrent Engineering. Life Sci J 2013;10(4s):185-194]
(ISSN:1097-8135).http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 28
Key
Words: Concurrent
Engineering; Discrete parts Manufacturing Industry;
Product Delivery Process; Supply Chain; Program Approach.
