TR050: Interfaces: Integrating Product Design and Process Engineering in Manufacturing and Construction

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Manufacturing and construction have been traditionally regarded as fundamentally separate industries, producing different products for dissimilar markets. In response to intense competitive pressures for shorter development times, lower costs and higher quality, progressive manufacturers are now integrating product design and process engineering. This trend towards integrating the two functions is often termed concurrent product and process design. Construction's current equivalent, constructibility improvement, is both less developed and less a force for integration. However, the increasing complexity of the constructed product, the diversity of possible construction methods, and the sequential nature of the traditional approach to design and construction indicate that the application of integrated manufacturing approaches may be an effective approach to the delivery of constructed projects. The purpose of this research was to understand and describe the integrated manufacturing environment and to assess the extent of similar attributes in a selected group of construction projects. The findings indicate that managerial priorities for integration precede the effective use of technical tools and the project manager plays a key role.

Type of resource	text
Date created	March 1991

Author	Williams, James Michael

Subject	CIFE
Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Concurrent Product and Process Design
Subject	Constructibility Improvement
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cr303qc4555

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Preferred Citation: Williams, James Michael. (1991). TR050: Interfaces: Integrating Product Design and Process Engineering in Manufacturing and Construction. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cr303qc4555

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