Benefits of Concurrent Engineering in Production
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ScribdTranslationsConcurrent engineering (CE) is a methodology or approach for production, which consists of
in the integration of all departments or areas necessary for the development and manufacturing of
product. To this end, all phases of the product life cycle are taken into account, from its
birth as a concept until delivery to the client, so the project is developed
together by staff from different departments of the company: design, manufacturing,
quality, purchases, security...
The objective is to reduce the total project time by executing in concurrent mode.
product design activities and process engineering activities of production and
do not carry out one phase after another as would be done in conventional engineering.
The concurrent model is distinguished from the traditional one by not having a conception of the company by
stages, in which the product goes through each department in an orderly manner. In the model
traditionally, if any department disagrees, it forces the previous ones to redo their work.
this concurrent model the organization is structured in parallel and all branches of it
they collaborate to achieve a common goal.
The fundamental principles that involve the application of concurrent engineering are among others:
. The affinity between work groups.
. The common understanding.
. The making of consensual decisions.
. The early discovery of problems.
. The reduction of development times.
AdvantagesofConcurrentEngineering
Some of the advantages of applying Concurrent Engineering that companies value for use
this focus on product design:
. The most demanding markets require us to produce well-finished products, addressing the
idea of doing things right the first time.
. The continuous evolutions of the market and the need to provide solutions increasingly with
greater speed in the market to get ahead of competitors.
. Maximize the quality of the final product, involving costs and time in the development.
initial that later avoids costs and reduces time in later stages.
. The unification of working groups and teamwork generate synergies and relationships.
positive.
. Savings of time and resources by avoiding compatibility issues between departments
their respective reworkings.
. Improvement of the service by involving the customer.
. Reduction of development costs.
Concurrent Engineering does not aim to be merely a philosophy that can be easily forgotten by
the processes of a company, but aims to be implemented in these processes and must
to conveniently embody in thequality management.
Definition or strategic phase
We can apply comparative product analysis where we can identify in products of the
competition the variables to consider.
Conceptual phase
We will carry out creativity techniques such as 'brainstorming' in which we will carry out
meetings of workers from different departments to involve the entire company in the
product definition.
Detail phase
We will use well-developed computer tools, for example, drawing tools.
technician likeAutocad or Autodesk, working in a shared file environment where each
department can contribute and define its competencies in the development of the final product.
Product engineering phase
Simulations of the product will be carried out prior to manufacturing to detect possible
problems on the part of each department, detecting and solving these problems even
before it physically emerges.
Production phase
Graphic descriptions and process diagrams are elements easily understood by
all members being these appropriate tools to work in an environment with
various actors such as in the case of concurrent engineering.
Marketing phase
We must use distribution processes as feedback tools so that
Let's gather information on the impact our product has in the market.
Esta información ha de llegar a los distintos departamentos para poder tomar decisiones
relevant improvements, achieving these improvement proposals according to the consensus of all the
parts according to the philosophy of concurrent engineering.
Recycling phase
It is a commonly overlooked phase but can be representative in certain products.
made to recycle at the end of its useful life.
Concurrent engineering plays an important role in the entire design process of the
different departments take this final phase into account to propose solutions based on
feasible materials that do not entail a high penalty in final recycling costs.