Desprolab Mission #2 - Concurrent Engineering Is a strategy where all the tasks involved in product development are done in parallel. Integrated a long-term strategy involves major organizational and cultural change brings together multidisciplinary teams - INCOSE, System Engineering Handbook - - ADVANTAGE OF CE i) Improved process The concurrent process focusing on quality, cost and delivery. Besides that the company apply the CE will have a better game plan and can improve clarity. Emphasis on competitive benchmarking. ii) Closer cooperation The organization will acquires better teamwork and improved the unity. Employee will be more involve in every steps of the job and increase the unity between organization members. Besides, it can build strategic relations withsuppliers. - ADVANTAGE OF CE Performance measure Benefit Development time 30 50 % less Engineering changes 60 95 % less Scrap and rework 75 % reduction Defects 30 85 % fewer Time to market 20 90 % less Field failure rate 60 % less Service life 100 % increase Overall quality 100 600 % higher White-collar procuctivity 20 110 % higher Return on assets 20 120 % higher Lawson and Karandikar, 1994 - CONCURRENT ENGINEERING TOOLS QFD (Quality Function Deployment) Collection of matrices that converts the needs of the customer into technical specifications at all stages of the design and manufacture process. DFA (Design for Assembly) To reduce the number of components (parts, pieces), and then ensure that the remaining components are easy to assemble. - IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTING CE Minimize the product life cycle Decrease production cost Maximize product quality Teamwork