Title :
Systemic analysis of concurrent engineering practice
Author :
Clegg, B.T. ; Boardman, J.T.
Author_Institution :
De Montfort Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper discusses three major areas of knowledge; business process reengineering (BPR), soft systems methodology (SSM) and concurrent engineering (CE) to demonstrate that their philosophies are complementary. An example is given depicting how a manufacturing resource planning system is set up and how improvements can be achieved by applying CE best practice
Keywords :
concurrent engineering; BPR; CE; SSM; business process reengineering; concurrent engineering practice; manufacturing resource planning system; soft systems methodology; systemic analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Factory 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process, Fifth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 435)
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-682-2
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19970184
