An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering

Hamdi Bashir; Khalid AlZebdeh; Jamil Abdo

doi:10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419337

An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering

Hamdi Bashir^*, Khalid AlZebdeh, Jamil Abdo

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Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

Concurrent engineering process is characterized by executing a large number of interdependent project tasks. One effective way of managing such tasks is to decompose them into groups. However, not all tasks are decomposable. Without the need to apply a decomposition method, this paper describes a simple quantitative approach to test whether an underlying pattern of relationships exists between interdependent design tasks, such that they may be rearranged into groups. In addition, a grouping efficiency index for predicting the goodness of the best possible obtainable decomposition is introduced. The proposed approach and the grouping index were applied to simple hypothetical projects and a sample project adapted from the literature. Both the approach and the grouping index are proved to be powerful yet very easy to use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEM 2007
Subtitle of host publication	2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Pages	973-978
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419337
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2007 - , Singapore Duration: Dec 2 2007 → Dec 4 2007

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Name	IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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Other	2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2007
Country/Territory	Singapore
Period	12/2/07 → 12/4/07

Keywords

Concurrent engineering
Decomposition
Design structure matrix
Design tasks

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Strategy and Management
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Bashir, H., AlZebdeh, K., & Abdo, J. (2007). An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering. In IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (pp. 973-978). Article 4419337 (IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419337

An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering. / Bashir, Hamdi; AlZebdeh, Khalid; Abdo, Jamil.
IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 2007. p. 973-978 4419337 (IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management).

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Bashir, H, AlZebdeh, K & Abdo, J 2007, An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering. in IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management., 4419337, IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, pp. 973-978, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2007, Singapore, 12/2/07. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419337

Bashir H, AlZebdeh K, Abdo J. An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering. In IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 2007. p. 973-978. 4419337. (IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management). doi: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419337

Bashir, Hamdi ; AlZebdeh, Khalid ; Abdo, Jamil. / An approach for testing the feasibility of decomposing interdependent design tasks for concurrent engineering. IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. 2007. pp. 973-978 (IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management).

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