Concurrent engineer-to-order operation in the manufacturing engineering contracting industries

Chin-Sheng Chen

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2006, vol. 1, issue 1/2, 37-58

Abstract: This paper presents the concurrent Engineer-To-Order (ETO) concept. ETO is a Make-To-Order operation that starts with a product specification and finishes with delivery of a customised product. By synchronising the production activities in a product development process, a concurrent ETO operation can effectively improve and assure the product development lead time. This paper defines its relevance to other contemporary manufacturing operation concepts and proposes a concurrent ETO operation framework. It details the interactions among the sales, production, engineering, and manufacturing operations with a focus on hierarchical planning, incremental scheduling, and operation control.

Keywords: concurrent engineering; simultaneous engineering; hierarchical planning; incremental scheduling; operation control; enterprise systems; make-to-order; MTO; engineer-to-order; ETO; product development; lead times; manufacturing engineering contracting. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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