Glossary

Concurrent Engineering

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A cross-functional, team-based approach in which the product and the manufacturing process are designed and configured within the same time fra me, rather than sequentially. Ease and cost of manufacturability, as well as customer needs, quality issues, and product-life- cycle costs are taken into account earlier in the development cycle. Fully configured concurrent engineering teams include representation from marketing, design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and purchasing, as well as supplier––and even customer––companies.