Three-day course
The purpose of this course is to practice the techniques of concurrent engineering, and to improve and promote a unique type of communication between departments during the initial and all succeeding stages of a product introduction. This course will demonstrate how functional departments can reduce time and money spent in scrap and rework by uncovering and resolving potential product problems before they occur. It will provide a methodology that will significantly reduce time from concept to production, create quality, improve product benefits to the end consumer and increase production-line efficiency. The focus of this course is on the communication lines and implementation of a concurrent engineering program.
This course is recommended specifically for manufacturing engineers, design engineers, and quality control engineers. Engineering managers and supervisors are also encouraged to attend and bring teams of quality and design engineers.
- Establish product requirements and to associate the product with the processes and customer's needs
- Use multi-discipline teams to carry out integrated product and process design
- Integrate computer aided design, computer aided engineering and computer aided manufacturing environments to provide information for rapid and intelligent decision making throughout the entire process
- Discuss product and process factors using terminology and visual cues (solid computer modeling, product mock-ups, etc.) understandable to all team members
- Discuss and complete a product in concept, a design drawing, a manufacturing process sheet, a measurement inspection plan, a marketing strategy and a reliability and serviceability plan as a team
- The Philosophy and Logic Behind Concurrent Engineering
- Overcoming Terminology and Conceptual Obstacles
- How to Compile a Concurrent Engineering Team
- Management's Role/Company Structure/Reconfiguration Needs
- What Components Should be Considered in Product Concurrent Engineering
- Creating a Product Engineering Drawing
- Creating a Manufacturing Process Plan
- Creating an Inspection Process Plan
- Marketing and Service Planning
- Analysis and Refinement
- Use of CAD/CAE/Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Other Computerized Tools