THE TERM CONCURRENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS ENGINEERING (CMPE) DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE REAL NEED TO INTEGRATE THE MANY MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO ESTIMATE, ENGINEER, DOCUMENT PROCESS SPECIFICATIONS, AND CREATE PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE INSTRUCTIONS. PAST PRACTICES HAVE OFTEN PERFORMED THESE AS A SEQUENTIAL SERIES OF SEPARATE STEPS, OFTEN PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT SPECIALIZED POSITIONS. THE NEW TREND IN MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT THESE PREVIOUSLY SEPARATE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS ARE BECOMING BROADER WITH MORE COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVERALL PROCESS ENGINEERING. IN ORDER FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS TO SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE IN CONCURRENT ENGINEERING THEY MUST NOT ONLY WORK IN PARALLEL WITH DESIGN ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES BUT ALSO COMPRESS AND COMBINE THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES.
| Number of Pages : | 7 |
| Published : | 06/01/1993 |
