Information technology and design/manufacturing integration
This thesis explores how characteristics of computer-aided design (CAD) systems enable or inhibit design/manufacturing integration (DMI). DMI has been frequently described as an independent variables that can improve the effectiveness of the product development process. Yet, little exists within the published literature that describes those factors that enable (or inhibit) DMI or explores the role of information-technology-based tools to enable (or inhibit) DMI. The initial chapters review the literature on product-development effectiveness, group effectiveness, and CAD/IT impacts. That literature review provided the theoretical background for the research framework which was developed to organize data gathering and to enable the development of eight research propositions. The research framework suggested that there were three determinants of DMI: product-development process characteristics, product development team characteristics, and CAD system characteristics. Several data collection methods were used to gather sources of evidence. A discussion of the research findings is presented in the final chapter.
- Research Organization:
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5159065
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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