22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-5.7.3

A DISTRIBUTED DESIGN SCENARIO FOR AEROSPACE

K. H. Payne (1), P. J. Deasley (1), H. Syamsudin (1), A. J. Morris (1), M. D. Guenov (1), J. P. Fielding (1), S. Evans (1), J. Thorne (2)
(1) Cranfield University, UK; (2) Team Performance Ltd.

Keywords: globalisation, teamworking, product development

The Aerospace industry is seeking continuous improvements with respect to cost reduction and reduced time to market. Global competitive pressures are driving organisations to adopt concurrent product development processes. Whilst these processes have led to reductions in re-work and with overcoming congestion in the design process, they do have limitations in a distributed environment. This paper describes a new scenario for overcoming some of the limitations of current processes, using a Core Team - Task Team structure. The software to support this new scenario is also described. Special attention is given to the interaction between the organisation and technology, the human factors and the product development process. Some of these issues are discussed together with their possible solutions and their impact during the implementation of this process.

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