1. Concurrent Engineering in Manufacturing Don Anderson Phillips Petroleum Company Borger, Texas

2. Problem Statement • To Gain Understanding Of CE • Methodology - getting better products to market in less time • Traditional serial engineering approach to product design - contrast it with CE • Product life cycle - consider early in the design to manufacturing process • Impact on current resources - maximizes the utilization of them • Implementation - QFD is the technology that provides the means to make CE happen • CIM - How does CE impact the CIM environment

3. Why Study CE • Personal Experience - Ryton Business • Ryton is a high temperature thermoplastic and market is E/E, appliance, and automotive • Increased competition - one competitor will sale more polymer in north America market • Application loss due to lower cost polymers are displacing Ryton at 3% - 4% per year • New market applications are available if product can be brought to market first • Pilot plant research is done in a vacuum without manufacturing plant participation • Product life cycle aspects not considered early in the development process

4. Why Study CE - Continued • To Gain Competitive Advantage • Pressure to get increasing higher quality products to customers in less time • Factors that influence competitive advantage are product cost, quality, and lead-time • Minimizing design iterations reduces product development cost • The CE Methodology Is Proven • Japanese companies have been using CE methodology for decades • US companies that have adopted the CE methodology have seen sharp improvement

5. Major Finding • Advantages - CE Vs. Serial Engineering • The engineering design processes • The engineering environments • The information flows • Elements Of Concurrent Engineering • Design for performance • Design for manufacturability • Design for testability • Design for quality • Design for serviceability • Design for compliance

6. Major Finding - Continued • Quality Function Deployment In CE • A method to implement CE • Provides a means to translate customer requirement into technical requirements • Very powerful tool within the CE environment • Benefits Of CE In CIM • Exploits the information technology of CIM • Computers control information flow in CE • Model product characteristics against internal and external customer specifications • The best product/process concept is selected

7. Overall Conclusions/Summary • CE Does Not Require Drastic Change • Incremental investment early leads to large savings throughout the product life cycle • Product change late in the design or manufacturing process is expensive • CE Is Enhanced In CIM • Technology helps in making critical product trade-off decisions • Computer modeling iterations help meet the needs of the internal and external customers • The Vehicle For Increasing Market Share