Re-engineering the product development process with 'design for X'

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Huang, G Q ^a   Mak, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Concurrent engineering; Design for X; Product development process; Sequential engineering

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; DESIGN FOR X; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SEQUENTIAL ENGINEERING;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031629841     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405981515671     Document Type: Article

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