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Concurrent Engineering. With respect to Sustainability. Concurrent Engineering Defined. How would you define concurrent engineering (CE) ?
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Concurrent Engineering With respect to Sustainability
Concurrent Engineering Defined • How would you define concurrent engineering (CE)? • Definition: “Integrated approach to product-design that takes into account all stages of a product’s life cycle from design to disposal – including costs, quality, testing, user needs, customer support, and logistics” • What is an example of this? - BusinessDictionary.com Presentation by Matt Monsted
CE Illustration http://www.similesystems.com.au/Manufacturing/ManufacturingLifeCycle.htm Presentation by Matt Monsted
Sustainability Defined • What is sustainability? • What makes something sustainable? • Definition: “Ability to maintain or support an activity or process over the long term” • Give an example of something sustainable - BusinessDictionary.com Presentation by Matt Monsted
Questions to Consider • How can they be related? • What makes them related? • Why is there a need for either concept? • Is the relationship mutually beneficial or mutually exclusive? • Why or why not? Presentation by Matt Monsted
CE vs. Sustainability Presentation by Matt Monsted
Why Engineers Care • We are working in an expanding world with finite resources • One approach = Innovation + Conservation (Simultaneously, in parallel) • Engineers are the ones who influence the utilization of resources with process design, therefore we are also the professionals others turn to for solutions • CE helps to accomplish these goals Presentation by Matt Monsted
The Need for CE & Sustainability • Environments are constantly changing • Actions must be quick, effective, and responsible • Things must be done correctly the first time • Reduce reaction time and act • “To be competitive, corporations must alter their product and process development cycle to be able to complete diverse tasks concurrently” • Continuous improvement is always needed Presentation by Matt Monsted
The CE Approach • Focuses on optimizing and distributing resources within a company or unit during design and development • Collaboration is required • Involves implementation, appraisal, and continuous improvement initiatives • Must be applied throughout a system to be successful (requires strong leadership) Presentation by Matt Monsted
How to Apply the CE Approach • Commitment, Planning, and Leadership • Requires strong _________________________ to mandate organizational changes successfully • Continuous Improvement • CE is a process of ________________________ with a variety of implementation strategies, so continuous improvement is needed • Communication & Collaboration Presentation by Matt Monsted
Why Use CE Principles • Competitive Advantage • Helps any size company (small or large) • Increased Performance • Improves quality, development cycle, delivery time…etc • Reduced design and production (development) costs • Respond better to customer’s expectations at lower costs Presentation by Matt Monsted
Examples of Sustainability & CE • Minimizing environmental damage to provide sufficient food, water, shelter, and mobility for an increasing world population • “Designing products and processes so that wastes from one are used as inputs to another” • Including environmental and social constraints with economic considerations to make decisions - Source 4 Presentation by Matt Monsted
Review of Article Assigned • Need for sustainability as population growth and economic programs put stress on ecosystem balances • Concurrency is the “leading design paradigm in achieving balance and sustainability in the human/environmental system” (Dawson, 63) • Concurrency consists of: ______________ & ______________ • Concurrency is determined by comparing the current capacity and environmental systems _____________ to meet to current needs with the uncommitted system _____________________ ________________ (Dawson, 64) Presentation by Matt Monsted
Review of Article • Concurrency as a management tool should be considered from the center of authority and not the local units; however the local unit decisions must be considered in the overall concurrency management plan (Dawson, 65) • “Concurrency provides assurance to developers, builders, and investors (owners)” (Dawson, 65) • Serious problems can arise when concurrency is applied to ___________________ and ___________________. (Dawson, 66) • “Concurrency depends on achieving and maintaining standards…” (Dawson, 67) • “Sustainable economic development and environmental quality and not mutually _______________” (Dawson, 68) Presentation by Matt Monsted
Review of CE Principles • Get a strong commitment from senior management. • Establish unified project goals and a clear business mission. • Develop a detailed plan early in the process. • Continually review your progress and revise your plan. • Develop project leaders that have an overall vision of the project and goals. • Analyze your market and know your customers. • Suppress individualism and foster a team concept. • Establish and cultivate cross-functional integration and collaboration. • Transfer technology between individuals and departments. • Break project into its natural phases. • Develop metrics. • Set milestones throughout the development process. • Collectively work on all parts of project. • Reduce costs and time to market. • Complete tasks in parallel. (List from Source 3) Presentation by Matt Monsted
Homework – due 2/10 • Complete both assigned problems to hand in next class period Presentation by Matt Monsted
References • Dawson, R., & Tao, S. (2002, January). Concurrency: a system design approach to environmental management and sustainability. Journal of Environmental Sciences (IOS Press), 14(1), 63. Retrieved January 28, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database. • Concurrent engineering / Manufacturing lifecycle illustration: http://www.similesystems.com.au/Manufacturing/ManufacturingLifeCycle.htm • http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~pps/pps/concurrent.html • Used for structure and info on several slides • NASA definition: http://www.ansoft.com/workshops/aeroee/NASA_Ray_Beach.pdf • http://www.csengin.org/ Presentation by Matt Monsted