Using flexible criteria to improve manufacturing validation during product development

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-318

  Hammett, Patrick C ^a,b,c,d   Wahl, Shannon M ^a   Baron, Jay S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Manufacturing Systems Group   (United Kingdom)

^c GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^d General Motors Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e Manufacturing Systems for the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation

Author keywords

Automotive bodies; Integrated product and process development; Manufacturing validation; Metal stamping; Process capability; Tolerances

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COSTS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; METAL STAMPING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FUNCTIONAL BUILD METHOD; MANUFACTURING VALIDATION;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033311542     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X9900700404     Document Type: Article

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