ITPEC IP October 2023 Question 92
ITPEC IP October 2023 — Question 92 of 100
Concurrent engineering overlaps activities such as specifications, production design, process design, and production, as shown in diagram (d). Cross-functional teams share information early and work in parallel instead of waiting for each phase to finish completely. This reduces total development lead time and exposes downstream manufacturing issues sooner.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- (a) is a purely sequential flow
- (b) adds feedback only from production to process design but retains mostly sequential execution
- (c) feeds final production results back to the beginning, representing a later iteration rather than overlapping work
Key rule: Concurrent engineering shortens development by performing related product and production-process activities in parallel with early coordination.
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