COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING – ISSUES AND EVIDENCE FROM INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Stoeckert, H.; Lindow, K.; Stark, R.
Section: DESIGN ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
Page(s): 1199-1208
Abstract
A lot of challenges needs to be managed when it comes to Collaborative Engineering in today’s product developing industries. This paper describes investigations in the field of Collaborative Engineering as well as German’s automotive, aviation and plant engineering industries, regarding those special problems. After describing issues and obstacles to smooth collaboration with the according theoretical background, process and method requirements (PMR) will be introduced. Finally, the conducted empirical survey CE-Study 2009 as well as the key findings and possible interpretations are presented.
Keywords: collaborative engineering, process interfaces, virtual product creation, interface errors, process & methods requirements