And the July 1987 cover story of that publication was about simultaneous engineering, which is synonymous with
concurrent engineering. It doesn't take the processing power of an FSDC to realize that that was a long time ago.
With the necessary engineering resources in place, OFC began to formally promote a free
concurrent engineering service to customers and potential customers.
They address documentation strategies for a project or product; the development of a style guide to serve as the foundation on which documents are built, with document templates; the organization of meetings; systems and
concurrent engineering; disaster planning and recovery; and standards and references.
The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is equipped with a network of computers, multimedia devices and software tools, allowing a team of experts from several disciplines to apply the
concurrent engineering method to the design of future space missions.
"Due to its permanent R&T effort, Sabca develops and certifies products based on a
concurrent engineering approach guaranteeing best manufacturing processes.
Selected and peer reviewed, 144 papers explore such themes as product, industrial, and engineering design; sustainable development, lifecycle assessment, eco-design, eco-manufacturing, and renewable energy; mechanical transmissions;
concurrent engineering and rapid prototyping; and engineering education.
Concurrent engineering introduces parallelism into our design process so that we can shorten, accelerate or recover our schedules.
Note the Rapid Prototyping position among the analysis of new product in the
concurrent engineering development.