What is Concurrent Engineering

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An integrated team approach (e.g., design, production, and marketing departments) to producing and selling either a service or tangible good Learn more in: Quality Function Deployment in Training Design

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Concurrent Engineering is a product development philosophy that requires the involvement of a cross functional teams right since early stage in order to plan for product development and manufacturing processes simultaneously Learn more in: Lean and Global Product Development in Auto Industry

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Concurrent engineering is a business strategy which replaces the traditional product development process with one in which tasks are done in parellel and there is an early consideration for every aspect of a product’s development process. Learn more in: BM_VE Architecture Reference Model for Concurrent Engineering

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Approach to new product development in which different activities/tasks are done at the same time, instead of one after the other (sequentially). It has the advantage of reducing lead-time. Multi-disciplinary teams work in parallel at the same time, developing different parts and features of each part of a product. Learn more in: Report of an Interdisciplinary Course in Product Design Education