World Class Design to Manufacture: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
The Twenty‐first Century Enterprise, Agile Manufacturing and Something Called CALS
Eric M. RossSuccess in the twenty‐first century will require many manufacturingenterprises to have the innovative flexibility to respond rapidly tomarket desires, to produce top quality…
Innovate to Accumulate
Graham WestRead just about any literature, advertisement or media article,written within the last decade, describing a product, service ororganization, and you can be sure of at least one…
Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
Deanna J. RichardsNational governments, international conferences, some industryassociations, and a number of individual companies are increasinglyemphasizing the need for a company to take…
Enhanced Quality Functional Deployment
Helen MillQuality functional deployment (QFD) can be a powerful technique ifappropriately applied. However, it can generate a great deal ofpaperwork and sometimes the benefits are…
Rapid Product Development in the USA, Europe and Japan
Norman A. Waterman, Philip DickensReviews, for the USA, Europe and Japan, the current state ofdevelopment and application of rapid prototyping techniques and theirimpact on time‐to‐market for new products. These…
Measures of Performance
John A. BaulyCompanies wishing to improve continually in business generally andnew product development in particular need to use performance indicesdevelopment in particular need to use…
At the Cutting Edge of Manufacturing Technology – Australian Style
Ian Haynes, Noel FrostPresents numerous issues faced by Australian manufacturers andexplains the functions of the Queensland Manufacturing Institute,developed by the government to provide support by…
Concurrent Engineering Battleground
Gregg Tong, Brian FitzgeraldPresents samples of ideas and examples of concurrent engineeringdiscussed at Management Roundtable′s Seventh International Conference onDesign for Manufacturability, held in…