... and left airlines unable to grow and purchase new commercial aircraft. Describes the challenge faced by British Aerospace Regional Aircraft to develop a business‐wide simultaneous engineering programme to improve the managing of engineering products; outlines in detail the goal‐directed product management...

... Manufacturing industry New technology Process planning Product development Simultaneous engineering Teamwork The message is clear. Today′s product development belongs to concurrent engineering. Whether it is called “simultaneous engineering” or “concurrent product development”;whether it is team‐based...

...Rob Kinna Examines the success of Four Square, the divison of Mars Group which provides vending and office coffee machines for service in various location, in employing simultaneous engineering within its operation. Suggests the success of Four Square is due to dedication to reliability...

... Management Product development Simultaneous engineering Product development is a key process which determines the future creation of wealth in business. Unfortunately, there are too many managers who do not fully understand, or are not convinced of, this fact. Welcoming delegates to a recent...

... New technology Simultaneous engineering Skills Trainers Training With the vast armoury of technology, tools and techniques at the disposal of companies aiming to remain competitive in today′s marketplace, there can be little disagreement about the importance of training. Even in today′s...

...A. Lee‐Mortimer Provides an executive summary of a major conference on simultaneous engineering, held in London towards the end of 1993. Rather than detailing specific presentations, concentrates on highlighting the breadth of issues discussed, thus illustrating the often overlooked complexity...

... for manufacture Electronics industry Market research Product development Quality function deployment Simultaneous engineering Team building Teamwork Concurrent engineering promises to deliver an increased competitive advantage to the company that not only hears its message, but sincerely applies...

...Chris Baylis Investigates the use of simultaneous engineering at Nissan (a Japanese automotive company) in Europe. Suggests areas where it might be applied within a company and the results which might be achieved in doing so. Concludes that simultaneous engineering is the quickest and most...