DocumentCode
2420245
Title
Environmental wind-tunnel testing throughput [automobile R&D]
Author
Lynch, Mike ; Frederick, Alicemarie
Author_Institution
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI, USA
fYear
1997
fDate
27-31 Jul 1997
Firstpage
483
Abstract
Summary form only as given. US automobile manufacturers must decrease time to market. Testing is a key element of the development process. A team of engineering managers applied theory of constraints, simulation modeling and theory of inventive problem solving, to develop measures of performance, strategies and inventions for increasing throughput in the wind tunnel
Keywords
automobile industry; product development; research and development management; testing; wind tunnels; R&D management; automobile manufacture; constraints theory; development process; engineering management team; environmental wind-tunnel testing throughput improvement; inventive problem solving theory; performance measures; simulation modeling; time to market; Design engineering; Engineering management; Intelligent networks; Manufacturing industries; Mathematical model; Power engineering and energy; Product design; Product development; Testing; Throughput;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3574-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653476
Filename
653476
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