Integrated engineering environments for large complex products

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-182

  Coates, G ^a   Ritchey, I ^a,c   Duffy, A H B ^b   Hills, W ^a,d   Whitfield, R I ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Research and Development Marine ^*

Author keywords

Co ordination; Concurrent engineering; Integration; Large made to order products

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

LARGE MADE-TO-ORDER PRODUCTS;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034263053     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X0000800302     Document Type: Article

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