17th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering

Cracow, Poland

Session Organisers: Dr. Ahmed Al-Ashaab, Dr. Essam Shehab, Dr. Mark Stelling and Dr. Sergio Terzi

Manufacturing companies are in need of a new model that goes beyond lean manufacturing in order to ensure the transformation of the enterprise into a lean environment. This is to respond to market demands for value creation, incorporating sustainability and customisation. A significant change in enterprise performance can come from the adoption of lean thinking throughout the entire product life cycle. This is the new paradigm of Lean Product Development (LeanPD). This special session on LeanPD is seeking, but not limited to, research papers on one of the following topics:-

Toyota Product Development System

 Lean Thinking applications in product development
Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
 Lean Product Development Model
Lean Design
Product development Value Stream Mapping
Product Development in Knowledge Based Environment
Knowledge Driven Design
Value Drive Design
Test-Then-Design approach
Trade-off Curve applications
LeanPD assessment tool
Performance measurement of the NPD process

CE2010 Important Dates

Full paper submission:                              January 31st
Acceptance/changes notification:             March 15th
Early registration due:                                 March 28th
Final submission due:                                April 15th
Final author-registration* required:          April 30th

*Note that an author must register in full by April 30th for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer.

Please send your papers to the special session chair Dr. Ahmed Al-Ashaab,

Building 50, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 OAL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111 Ext. 5622, Fax: +44 (0)1234 754605
Email a.al-ashaab@cranfield.ac.uk

Special Session Co-Chair: Dr. Essam Shehab, Cranfield University, Email e.shehab@cranfield.ac.uk
Special Session Co-Chair: Dr. Mark Stelling, Cranfield University, Email m.t.stelling@cranfield.ac.uk
Special Session Co-Chair: Dr. Sergio Terzi, Polytechnic of Milan, Email sergio.terzi@polimi.it