Title :
Environmental wind-tunnel testing throughput [automobile R&D]
Author :
Lynch, Mike ; Frederick, Alicemarie
Author_Institution :
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only as given. US automobile manufacturers must decrease time to market. Testing is a key element of the development process. A team of engineering managers applied theory of constraints, simulation modeling and theory of inventive problem solving, to develop measures of performance, strategies and inventions for increasing throughput in the wind tunnel
Keywords :
automobile industry; product development; research and development management; testing; wind tunnels; R&D management; automobile manufacture; constraints theory; development process; engineering management team; environmental wind-tunnel testing throughput improvement; inventive problem solving theory; performance measures; simulation modeling; time to market; Design engineering; Engineering management; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing industries; Mathematical model; Power engineering and energy; Product design; Product development; Testing; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653476
