Delivering the Promise
Abstract
Focuses on the benefits of actually carrying out the tenets of simultaneous, or concurrent, engineering on a project. The advantages are not explained in purely theoretical fashion but rather, are presented with factural data and experiential retrospect. The Hewlett‐Packard (HP) 34401A Multimeter not only represents a breakthrough in its market and specifications, but also a radical improvement in the product development process and subsequent manufacturing processes required to bring it to the marketplace in a tough global economy. Shows how HP integrates tools such as DFMA, QFD, and activity‐based‐costing into the concurrent engineering process to give the customer what he really wants at a competitive price. Lower manufacture and assembly techniques, lower cost and higher reliability is being achieved.
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Citation
Williams, R.A. (1994), "Delivering the Promise", World Class Design to Manufacture, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 33-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/09642369210049942
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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