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Abstract
Managers who commit their companies to designing more manufacturable products encounter the problem of how to organize their professional staff. How should design and manufacturing engineers be encouraged - or made - to work together? What changes does the team approach to design entail? Here are four organization approaches to designing for manufacture, each with advantages and drawbacks: 1) the manufacturing sign-off approach; 2) the integrator approach; 3) the cross-functional team approach; and 4) the product-process design department. Hybrid approaches may well be better than any individual one.
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Abstract
Managers who commit their companies to designing more manufacturable products encounter the problem of how to organize their professional staff. How should design and manufacturing engineers be encouraged - or made - to work together? What changes does the team approach to design entail? Here are four organization approaches to designing for manufacture, each with advantages and drawbacks: 1) the manufacturing sign-off approach; 2) the integrator approach; 3) the cross-functional team approach; and 4) the product-process design department. Hybrid approaches may well be better than any individual one.