Concurrent Engineer-To-Order operation in the Manufacturing Engineering Contracting industries Article

Chen, CS. (2006). Concurrent Engineer-To-Order operation in the Manufacturing Engineering Contracting industries . International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1(1-2), 37-58. 10.1504/ijise.2006.009049

cited authors

  • Chen, CS

authors

abstract

  • This paper presents the concurrent Engineer-To-Order (ETO) concept. ETO is a Make-To-Order operation that starts with a product specification and finishes with delivery of a customised product. By synchronising the production activities in a product development process, a concurrent ETO operation can effectively improve and assure the product development lead time. This paper defines its relevance to other contemporary manufacturing operation concepts and proposes a concurrent ETO operation framework. It details the interactions among the sales, production, engineering, and manufacturing operations with a focus on hierarchical planning, incremental scheduling, and operation control. © 2006 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

publication date

  • January 1, 2006

published in

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 37

end page

  • 58

volume

  • 1

issue

  • 1-2