ITPEC IP October 2025 Question 92
ITPEC IP October 2025 — Question 92 of 100
Diagram (d) shows concurrent engineering because successive activities overlap in time — later work begins before every preceding activity has completely finished.
Concurrent engineering brings design, production engineering, process planning, manufacturing, and related specialists together early. Exchanging information while activities proceed in parallel shortens lead time and finds manufacturability or quality problems before late rework becomes expensive.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- (a) is a fully sequential flow with no overlap
- (b) adds a local feedback loop between production and process work but retains the sequential stages
- (c) feeds final production results back to specifications for a later cycle rather than running activities concurrently
Key rule: Concurrent engineering is recognized by parallel or overlapping lifecycle activities and early cross-functional collaboration.
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