Avoiding engineering changes through focused manufacturing knowledge

Author

Saeed, Baruch I. ; Bowen, David M. ; Sohoni, Vinay S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Oper. Res., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

59

Abstract

An exploratory analysis of how product-development engineers can avoid many manufacturability-related engineering changes (ECs) if they develop focused manufacturing knowledge is described. An engineer would develop focused manufacturing knowledge by working in an existing area of manufacturing most related to that engineer´s development task. The occurrence of ECs that are avoidable with focused manufacturing knowledge does not justify that all product development engineers gain this knowledge. However, engineers who design components with a significant history of manufacturability problems should develop this knowledge to achieve the benefits of EC avoidance. It is concluded that organizations should manage the development of focused manufacturing knowledge

Keywords

concurrent engineering; management; manufacture; focused manufacturing knowledge; manufacturability-related engineering changes; product-development; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Design engineering; History; Industrial engineering; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Manufacturing processes; Operations research; Proposals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.206651

Filename

206651