Concurrent engineering: Supporting subsystems

Case studies of worldwide winners: Ford Motor Companyʹs Team Ranger and mid-sized, US$10 million, engineer-to-order Airolite Company, ventilator louver manufacturer, authenticate benefits of applying concurrent Engineering to design processes. They confront and need to surmount: global competition, increased labor costs, rising customer expectations, shorter product life cycles and government regulation. This paper clearly illustrates how Concurrent Engineering in meeting these demands embraces supporting subsystems that include Computer Aided Drafting & Design, Quality Function Deployment and Design for Manufacture & Assembly.