22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-5.7.2

INTEGRATED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - A KEY TO AFFORDABILITY

G. Holmberg
Saab AB, Sweden

Keywords: integrated product design

Integrated Product Development (IPD) has been a major approach to improve performance and cost effectiveness for the development processes within aerospace companies during the last years. It provides a structured approach on how to improve a development capability. At Saab the implementation of IPD has used an enabling approach with a starting point in maximising the individuals ability to contribute to and support a rapid convergence to feasible designs in a life cycle perspective. This paper presents the contribution and experiences from various components of the implementation at Saab.

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