Concurrent optimization in designing for logistics support

✍ Scribed by Melanie L. Hatch; Ralph D. Badinelli

• Book ID: 104339751
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 643 KB
• Volume: 115
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0377-2217
• DOI: 10.1016/s0377-2217(98)00082-4

✦ Synopsis

Concurrent Engineering has always been an important ®eld within military industry and is gaining recognition within commercial industry as well. Studies have suggested that long-range research eorts need to be directed to the area of integrated logistics. In order to satisfy the overall logistics objectives, product designs must incorporate consideration of the impact that design decisions have on operations, maintenance, transportation and supply. This paper presents a model that carries out a concurrent optimization of a product design and its associated manufacturing and logistics support systems. We oer this model as a framework for decision support of concurrent engineering activities.