Multi-objective co-ordination approach in concurrent engineering

How to balance and co-ordinate different conflicting objects in concurrent engineering (CE) has long been a disturbance in manufacturing industry. Goal programming (GP) is a commonly used engineering and management technique to improve decision making where there are conflicting objectives criteria. The conflicting objectives can be harmonized when using GP as an aid to CE in new product development. In the practical situation, reducing both cost and time tolerance has always been an interesting area for the decision maker. This paper shows how to construct a GP/CE model using GP technology in CE process according to the double conflicting objectives, cost and time, to enhance the performance of CE. A simple and effective methodology algorithm for the problem is presented to generate efficient solutions with respect to cost and time.