MANY PAPERS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND SEMINARS GIVEN ON THE SUBJECT OF CONCURRENT ENGINEERING (CE). THESE OFFERINGS HAVE LARGELY FOCUSED ON CE TECHNIQUES AND METHODS THAT APPLY TO A ONE NATION CORPORATION, BUT NOT TO A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION (MNC). THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THE MODIFICATION OF CURRENT CE METHODS AND THE ADDITIONAL SET OF ISSUES THAT CONCURRENT ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS NEED TO KNOW WHEN THEY IMPLEMENT CE AT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. AREAS SUCH AS ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION LIFE- CYCLE, PRODUCT SOURCING LOCATION, AND THE DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL CULTURE ARE COVERED AS THEY PERTAIN TO CE IMPLEMENTATION AT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE READER IS FAMILIAR WITH CONCURRENT ENGINEERING METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES, THEREFORE, THIS PAPER DEALS ONLY WITH THE ADDITIONAL COMPLEXITIES FACED BY MNCS.
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
