Ebook: Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design

The need exists in the private sector and government manufacturing sites to reduce product development time, production lead times, inventory, and non-value added activities. At the same time, there is increased pressure to improve manufacturing process yields, produc­ tion efficiency, and resource utilization. Much of the technology required to meet these needs already exists, but an integrated structure that can demonstrate the potential for the technology in a concurrent engineering context does not. This book provides a road map for building the integrated technology environment to evaluate existing products, manufacturing processes and system design tools. This book details innovative approaches that will significantly improve design/manufacturing technology development and deploy­ ment capabilities for civilian and defense applications. These approaches are integrated product, process, and system design (IPPSD) initiatives which will greatly enhance the manufacturing competitiveness of the economy. These approaches involve the use of simulation, modeling tools and computerized virtual workstations in conjunction with a design environment which allows a diverse group of researchers, manufacturers, and suppliers to work within a comprehensive network of shared knowledge. The IPPSD infrastructure consists of virtual workstations, servers and a suite of simulation, quantitative, computa­ tional, analytical, experimental and qualitative tools. Such an IPPSD infrastructure will permit effective and efficient predictions of complete product design, manufacturing proces design, and customer satisfac­ tion.

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This book details innovative approaches that will significantly improve design/manufacturing technology development and deployment capabilities for civilian as well as defence applications. The proposed approach is an Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design (IPPED) initiative that will greatly enhance the manufacturing competitiveness of an economy. This approach involves the use of simulation and modelling tools and computerised virtual workstations in conjunction with a design environment, allowing researchers, manufacturers and suppliers to work within a comprehensive network of shared knowledge. Such an approach will permit complete product design, manufacturing process design, and customer satifaction predictions effectively and efficiently.

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This book details innovative approaches that will significantly improve design/manufacturing technology development and deployment capabilities for civilian as well as defence applications. The proposed approach is an Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design (IPPED) initiative that will greatly enhance the manufacturing competitiveness of an economy. This approach involves the use of simulation and modelling tools and computerised virtual workstations in conjunction with a design environment, allowing researchers, manufacturers and suppliers to work within a comprehensive network of shared knowledge. Such an approach will permit complete product design, manufacturing process design, and customer satifaction predictions effectively and efficiently.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Integrated product, process and enterprise design: why, what and how?....Pages 1-20
Developing customer-focused new product concepts....Pages 21-44
An information architecture for integrating real-time process control into enterprise management....Pages 45-63
Quality function deployment: optimizing product designs....Pages 64-89
On process tolerance: a brief review and models....Pages 90-116
Design for reliability in concurrent engineering....Pages 117-144
Quality engineering....Pages 145-192
Rapid prototyping and freeform fabrication....Pages 193-242
Assemblability evaluation using fuzzy inference....Pages 243-265
Computer-aided assembly planning....Pages 266-303
Process control....Pages 304-341
Integration of process planning and production scheduling: overview, analysis and object-oriented modeling....Pages 342-391
Manufacturing systems design: a review of state-of- the-art methodologies....Pages 392-434
Systems modeling and simulation....Pages 435-464
Evaluation and optimization of manufacturing systems reliability....Pages 465-482
Back Matter....Pages 483-492

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This book details innovative approaches that will significantly improve design/manufacturing technology development and deployment capabilities for civilian as well as defence applications. The proposed approach is an Integrated Product, Process and Enterprise Design (IPPED) initiative that will greatly enhance the manufacturing competitiveness of an economy. This approach involves the use of simulation and modelling tools and computerised virtual workstations in conjunction with a design environment, allowing researchers, manufacturers and suppliers to work within a comprehensive network of shared knowledge. Such an approach will permit complete product design, manufacturing process design, and customer satifaction predictions effectively and efficiently.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Integrated product, process and enterprise design: why, what and how?....Pages 1-20
Developing customer-focused new product concepts....Pages 21-44
An information architecture for integrating real-time process control into enterprise management....Pages 45-63
Quality function deployment: optimizing product designs....Pages 64-89
On process tolerance: a brief review and models....Pages 90-116
Design for reliability in concurrent engineering....Pages 117-144
Quality engineering....Pages 145-192
Rapid prototyping and freeform fabrication....Pages 193-242
Assemblability evaluation using fuzzy inference....Pages 243-265
Computer-aided assembly planning....Pages 266-303
Process control....Pages 304-341
Integration of process planning and production scheduling: overview, analysis and object-oriented modeling....Pages 342-391
Manufacturing systems design: a review of state-of- the-art methodologies....Pages 392-434
Systems modeling and simulation....Pages 435-464
Evaluation and optimization of manufacturing systems reliability....Pages 465-482
Back Matter....Pages 483-492
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