a method of designing and marketing new products in which development stages are run in parallel rather than in series, to reduce lead times and costs
Also called: interactive engineering
Examples of 'concurrent engineering' in a sentence
concurrent engineering
This approach gives the benefit of concurrent engineering of design work with software implementation.
Jaecheon Jung, Ibrahim Ahmed 2016, 'Development of Field Programmable Gate Array-based Reactor Trip Functions Using SystemsEngineering Approach', Nuclear Engineering and Technologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573316000735. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The framework comprises the concurrent engineering and experts from different disciplines.
Tomaž Savšek, Igor Makovec, Mitja Cerovšek 2015, 'Transdisciplinary product development', Revija za Univerzalno Odličnosthttp://www.fos.unm.si/media/pdf/RUO/2015%204/5.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper provides an overview of the final design, which was further detailed in a concurrent engineering design study.
Zeidler Conrad, Vrakking Vincent, Bamsey Matthew, Poulet Lucie, Zabel Paul, SchubertDaniel, Paille Christel, Mazzoleni Erik, Domurath Nico 2017, 'Greenhouse Module for Space System: A Lunar Greenhouse Design', Open Agriculturehttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opag.2017.2.issue-1/opag-2017-0011/opag-2017-0011.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Constraint networks as an approach to concurrent engineering provides considerable advantages over the conventional approaches to improve engineering.
Steve Minnaar, Robert Reinecke 2012, 'CONCURRENT ENGINEERING WITH CONSTRAINT NETWORKS', South African Journal of Industrial Engineeringhttp://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/402. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper examines the common ground between systems engineering, concurrent engineering, and the challenges of managing and rejuvenating mature businesses.
Peter Arnold Colborne, Herman Steyn 2012, 'SYSTEMSENGINEERING ANDCONCURRENT ENGINEERING: WHAT'S IN IT FORMANUFACTURERS OF MATUREINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS?', South African Journal of Industrial Engineeringhttp://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In concurrent engineering, design processes are often complicated with multiple conflicting criteria and discrete sets of feasible alternatives.
Akbar A. Tabriz, Ahmad Ahmadi, Mohammad Hassan Maleki, Mohammad Ali Afshari, JavadS. Moradi 2011, 'Applying Pareto multi-criteria decision making in concurrent engineering: A case studyof polyethylene industry', Management Science Lettershttp://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol1/msl_2011_13.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)