simultaneous engineering
nounA way of making a product where different teams work on it at the same time instead of one after another.
The car company used simultaneous engineering so designers and builders could solve problems together early.
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2. An approach in which design, testing, and production planning happen in overlapping stages to shorten time to market.
Simultaneous engineering cut the project timeline by several months.
3. Teamwork across departments that share information continuously rather than passing work along a chain.
Their simultaneous engineering culture meant engineers talked to factory workers every week.
4. A management strategy that treats product design and process design as one combined effort.
The textbook describes simultaneous engineering as a key lean manufacturing principle.