Quality Control Of Product Development Based On Concurrent Engineering

In order to satisfy the competition and changing market demands, companies reinforce their competition ability by different methods of themselves. By absorbing new technology and concept into the design process, prompt upgrade is performed on their products. So the design teams are required to provide new product rapidly which should satisfy market demands with low cost and high quality.The new product development with Concurrent Engineering mode is accepted by manufacturing. Function departments could cooperate for short product development cycle. However, working in uncertain status could not be avoided during kinds of work proceed together. This may lead to risk accumulation in the early period of product development. And it is a great challenge to the process & quality management of product development with Concurrent Engineering mode.The thesis introduces simply about the Concurrent Engineering related concept. Comparing with traditional Engineering characteristic, CE shows the advantages on shorter development cycle & lower cost. In order to comprehend the management skill and method during product development, project organization management theory is described also. The thesis analyzes the product development process of OTIS Elevator Company. By setting critical quality audit points into product development process, ensure the effective control of project schedule & quality. At the end of product development cycle, quality and project management tools could be combined to improve design quality & the whole product development process. Taking the new type of home-use elevator GFT as an example, the thesis describes and validates the product development & quality control process of OTIS Elevator Company. And show the future evolution prospect of the product development with Concurrent Engineering mode.