Ja. Harding et K. Popplewell, DRIVING CONCURRENCY IN A DISTRIBUTED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING PROJECT TEAM - A SPECIFICATION FOR AN ENGINEERING MODERATOR, International Journal of Production Research, 34(3), 1996, pp. 841-861
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Industry requires CAE systems of the future to be highly flexible and
to provide support on multiple levels: assisting the activities both o
f individual engineers and of complete product design teams. The CAE s
ystem must provide accurate, consistent information to all users. It s
hould also actively promote exchange of information and knowledge betw
een team members. In outline an architecture for CAE systems of the fu
ture is proposed, and the purpose and structure of the various element
s of this architecture are discussed. In particular a specialist, supe
rvisory, co-ordinator application, called the Engineering Moderator is
introduced in detail, and its performance requirements specified. Thi
s application addresses some fundamental requirements for provision of
support for team working in a concurrent engineering environment, by
encouraging and facilitating communication between team members.