Course Outline
Overview
This course explores Concurrent (Simultaneous) Engineering principles and methods.
Recommended Attendees
Cross-functional groups from Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Purchasing
Pre-Requisites
None
Course Length
24 Hours
Outline
- Introduction and Benefits
- Concurrent Engineering (CE)
- The Traditional Approach
- Concurrent Engineering Teams
- The Ten Essentials of CE
- Manufacturability
- Reliability
- Maintainability / Serviceability
- Factory Considerations
- Marketing Considerations
- Testability
- Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA)
- DFMA Principles
- Use of Problem Solving Tools
- DFMA and Tolerancing
- DFMA Examples
- Process Matching & DFMA
- DFMA Case Studies