Experiences with a concurrent engineering self-assessment tool

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 295-309

  Landeghem, Rik Van ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033895056     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(99)00067-5     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Womack J.et al. The Machine that Changed the World. 1990;Rawson Associates, New York.
2. Kidd P.T. Agile Manufacturing. 1994;Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
3. A. Payne, J. Chelsom, L. Reavill, Management for Engineers, Wiley, New York, 1996, p. 96.
4. J. Cleetus, Definition of concurrent engineering, Technical Report CERC-TR-RN-92-003, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1992.
5. Voss C.et al. The competitiveness of European manufacturing - a four country study. Business Strategy Review. 6(1):1995;1-25.
6. H. De Wilde, A gap analysis knowledge-base for minimizing time-to-market, Master's Thesis, University of Ghent, Ghent, 1993.
7. R. De Graaf, Assessing product development, Ph.D. Thesis, Technical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, 1996, p. 26.
8. Driva H., Pawar K. The development of a generic framework for the implementation of concurrent engineering. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 9(4):1996;165-173.
9. H. Abdalla, J. Knight, A benchmarking strategy for global concurrent engineering, Conference Proceedings of CEE'97, Erlangen, 1997.
10. P.M. Pallot, Suitability of available IT & tools for CE: A European assessment, Proceedings of CEE'96, Cambridge, 1996.
11. Humphrey W.et al. A method for assessing the software engineering capability of contractors, Technical Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-23. 1987;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
12. H. De Wilde, A. Kochkar, Minimising the time to market - a structured assessment approach, Factory 2000 Advanced Factory Automation Conference, Publication no. 398, IEE, 1994, pp. 267-272.
13. D. Carter, B. Baker, Concurrent Engineering: The Product Development Environment of the 1990s, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1991.
14. R. Van Landeghem, H. De Wilde, A simultaneous engineering benchmarking tool, Proceedings of the CEEDA'94 Conference, Bournemouth, 1994, pp. 111-116.
15. Kumar A., Motwani J. A methodology for assessing time-based competitive advantage of manufacturing firms. International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 15:1995;37-54.
16. H. De Wilde, Le temps de développement de nouveaux produits comme facteur de compétitivité dans la pratique industrielle (Product development time as competitive factor in industrial practice), Master's Thesis, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain. 1994 (in French).
17. R. Van Landeghem, A quantitative analysis of CE practice in Belgium, Proceedings of the CEEDA'96 Conference, Cambridge, 1996, pp. 25-30.
18. H. Karandikar et al., Process and technology readiness assessment for implementing concurrent engineering, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering (NCOSE), Seattle, 1992, pp. 117-124.
19. E. Wildschut, E. Wiggers, Time-Based Competition, Kluwer, Deventer, 1993 (in Dutch).
20. Maylor H. Concurrent new product development. An empirical assessment International Journal of Operations and Production Management. 17(12):1997;1196-1214.
21. L. Trygg, Concurrent engineering practices in Swedish engineering companies: A movement or an activity of the few? Journal of Product Innovation Management 10 (1993) 403-415.
22. Karagozoglu N., Brown W. Time-based management, Journal of Product Innovation Management. 10:1993;204-215.