El Souri, Mohammed, Gao, James ORCID: 0000-0001-5625-3654, Owodunni, Oladele, Martin, Nick and Simmonds, Clive (2016) An investigation into the management of design for manufacturing knowledge in an aerospace company. In: Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXX - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering . IOS, pp. 401-406. ISBN 978-1-61499-667-5 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-668-2-401)

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Abstract

Design engineers are under constant pressure to improve product design for better manufacturability and product performance. However, design issues and areas for improvements are normally identified in the aerospace industry during the production phase of a products’ lifecycle where design engineers have begun working on other projects under tight schedules for delivery. This investigation focuses on the issues and limitations for managing the production line manufacturing knowledge that can benefit design engineers to implement design for manufacturing strategies at a large aerospace systems manufacturer in the UK. A framework is proposed to describe the current system in order to improve the management of manufacturing knowledge for the design engineers. A prototype solution is proposed to apply in the industry to improve the implementation of design for manufacturability in the engineering function.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXX - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Knowledge management, Design for manufacture, High value manufacturing
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Engineering Design in Practice Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2020 23:36
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17779

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