Greetings!
It is great pleasure informing you about the publication of the
long-awaited book on Integrated Product Development (IPD). It describes
the Best Practices in IPD, Concurrent Function Deployment, TQM, QFD, KBE,
CAD/CAM, Metrics, CAE, DFX, TVM, Taxonomy, etc.
This is the Second Volume of the CE Fundamentals Book JUST PUBLISHED. The
First Volume subtitled >>Integrated Product and Process Organization
(IPPO) was published early this year.
Look forward to hearing your feedbacks, if you so kind,
Thanking you,
Biren Prasad, Ph.D.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS)/ GM Account
Book Title: Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals
Volume II: Integrated Product Development
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Author: Biren Prasad, Ph.D., EDS/General Motors Account
Date Published: October 1996, 512 PP., Hardcover,
ISBN # 0-13-396496-0
Publisher: Prentice Hall, NJ, USA
BACK-COVER OUTLINE:
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Moving beyond "quality." Quality is not the only element of a successful
product. For providing a total value to the customers beyond quality,
product manufacturers must also consider responsiveness, functionality,
development cost, and the tools and technology used in its development and
production.
Volume I of Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals introduced, beside many
new CE techniques, an integrated taxonomy of product realization process.
Volume II explains how to implement those techniques and process to
realize a truly integrated product development environment. Using the
work-group concept, multi-disciplinary teams can learn to balance the
interests of the customers and the company through Total Value Management
(TVM) principles to reach a world- class manufacturing leader status.
Identifying and controlling the entire production process is the best way
to remain responsive to consumers' changing demands and be competitive in
all stages of product development. Utilizing the holistic view of
life-cycle management, Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals, Volume II
shows how to incorporate the voice of the customer into all nine phases of
the product development cycle, assuring the flexibility and
competitiveness edge needed to keep pace with evolving markets.
Building on the concurrent product realization structure introduced in
Volume I, Volume II of Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals covers:
o 25 metrics and measures for concurrent engineering
o A Concurrent Functions Deployment (CFD) concept of considering
number of competing values during product development and
production -- not just basing decisions on "quality" as found in
"QFD"
o A range of regenerative techniques of capturing life-cycle intent
beyond "design intent" so that the mechanization can happen over its
whole life-cycle.
o Techniques of Total Value Management (TVM) -- not just managing
"quality" as found in "TQM."
o Developing and using intelligent information infrastructure and
decision support systems for managing all aspects of product integrity
and values.
Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals, Volume II includes test problems as
well as suggestions for additional reading. Professor and students will
find this book appropriate for courses in design education. Practicing
engineers, executives managing CE projects, and anyone interested in
understanding the process of CE will find this book indispensable.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Concurrent Engineering: Fundamentals
Volume 2-- Integrated Product Development
Dr. B. Prasad
1996, 500 pp., ISBN # 0-13-396496-0
Introduction: Concurrent Engineering (CE) Wheel
Chapter 1: Concurrent Function Deployment
Chapter 2: CE Metrics And Measures
Chapter 3: Total Value Management
Chapter 4: Integrated Product Development Methodology
Chapter 5: Frameworks And Architectures
Chapter 6: Capturing Life-Cycle Intent
Chapter 7: Decision Support Systems
Chapter 8: Intelligent Information System
Chapter 9: Life-Cycle Mechanization
Chapter 10: Implementation Guidelines
HOW DO YOU GET MORE INFORMATION:
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Book Orders are taken by
CERA Institute, P.O. Box 250254,
W. Bloomfield, MI 48325-0254, USA
Tel: (810) 696-5487 (Voice)
Fax Number: (810) 661-8333/
If you would like to get a copy of the PREFACE/TOCs or to discuss
technical details concerning Concurrent Engineering, please direct your
inquiries or Email your request to:
Dr. Biren Prasad, Managing Director
SE Consultant, Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Email: <bprasad@cmsa.gmr.com>
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Dr. Biren Prasad is a Senior Engineering Consultant at Electronic Data
Systems (EDS), working on a Delphi Automotive account of General Motors,
where he is in charge of an Automated Concurrent Engineering consulting
Group. He has written and co-authored more than 85 technical publications,
including 55 archival papers and 9 books. Dr. Prasad's research
specialties include: concurrent engineering, knowledge-based engineering,
QFD/TQM, AI, structural optimization, systems identification, parametrics,
CAD/CAM automation, and design and analysis methods. He holds a degree in
engineering from Stanford University and a Ph. D. from the Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago.
BIREN PRASAD, PH.D.
CONCURRENT ENGINEERING
Phone Number: (810) 696-5487
Fax Number (810) 661-8333; Email: bprasad@cmsa.gmr.com
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