Assessment of rework probabilities for simulating product development processes using the Design Structure Matrix (DSM)

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 105-113

  Yassine, Ali A ^a   Whitney, Daniel E ^a   Zambito, Tony ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design Structure Matrix; Process re engineering; Product development; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; REENGINEERING; RELIABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRIX; PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; REWORK PROBABILITY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANALYZING PROCESS; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; PRACTICAL ESTIMATION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; RELIABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS;

EID: 0035790606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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