Concurrent Engineering/Product Concept

TOOLS • What is good and bad design • Discussion of management structures • Engineering software tools and uses • Tools/guidelines for continuous improvement • Problem solving tools • Description of the design process • GR & R: Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility Process • Setting Milestones • Useful Tools • Common Practices vice unique situations • Description pages of terminology and acronyms • I to L chart: step by step process

TEAM BUILDING Cross functional team format Building a concurrent team Teams vs. groups Citations of concurrent papers on concurrent design Transfer technology Interactivity How to communicate among people speaking different languages Customer needs Management commitment Project leaders (each discipline) Scheduling Managing a concurrent team Roles and responsibilities of various functions in design/manufacturing/marketing processes

FORMAT Uncluttered design layout Table of Contents Section summaries (before section) Accurate Index Concurrent design resources Define the Intellectual Property issues w/ respect to Kanga Control List of original contributors Annotated Bibleography Additional Resources (books, websites, people, video, photos) Exec Summary Disperse new information Development Efficiency (less revision, debugging) Online Access Capability of updating references and research Posted on Wikipedia? (allows for worldwide exposure and inputs) Wiki (open source) 21st century delivery record of evolution (what happens to old content when updated?) Owner & person to submit additions or corrections to Delivery