An innovative application of CSCW for solving engineering design problems

Author

Monplaisir, Leslie ; Rathi, Naveen K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

27-31 Jul 1997

Firstpage

625

Abstract

Summary form only given. Groupware is increasingly being used by engineering design teams to reach consensus on a range of issues relating to the design process. In this paper, the authors discuss the development and evaluation of a computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW) system in enhancing the effectiveness of cross-functional teams involved in the selection of the best layout for cellular manufacturing teams. The results are very promising for engineering design teams who are required to collaborate but are distributed in several locations

Keywords

design engineering; engineering computing; groupware; project engineering; project management; cellular manufacturing teams; computer-supported collaborative work; cross-functional teams; engineering design problems; groupware; Cellular manufacturing; Collaborative work; Costs; Design engineering; Military standards; Product development; Project management; Software measurement; Software quality; Software standards;

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.1997.653537

Filename

653537