Abstract
The ‘Design for X’ (DFX) shell is a generic platform which can be easily extended or tailored to develop a variety of DFX tools quickly and consistently. Resulting DFX tools share a high degree of commonality and consistence essential for rapid implementation, integration and trade-off analysis. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how DFX tools basically work through a general procedure. Seven steps are involved, each corresponding to a major DFX function and addressing associated important issues. This DFX procedure is then placed in a wider context of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) to maximize its effectiveness in transforming product development from a problem-prone sequential engineering environment to a problem-free concurrent engineering environment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 475-484 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Science Applications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering