Global Design to Gain a Competitive Edge - An Holistic and Collaborative Design Approach based on Computational Tools (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Recent rapid globalisation of manufacturing industries leads to a drive and thirst for rapid advancements in technological development and expertise in the fields of advanced design and manufacturing, especially at their interfaces. This development results in many economical benefits to and improvement of quality of life for many people all over the world. Technically speaking, this rapid development also create many opportunities and challenges for both industrialists and academics, as the design requirements and constraints have completely changed in this global design and manufacture environment. Consequently the way to design, manufacture and realise products have changed as well. The days of designing for a local market and using local suppliers in manufacturing have gone, if enterprises aim to maintain their competitiveness and global expansion leading to further success. In this global context and scenario, both industry and the academia have an urgent need to equip themselves with the latest knowledge, technology and methods developed for engineering design and manufacture. To address this shift in engineering design and manufacture, supported by the European Commission under the Asia Link Programme with a project title FASTAHEAD (A Framework Approach to Strengthening Asian Higher Education in Advanced Design and Manufacture), three key project partners, namely the University of Strathclyde of the United Kingdom, Northwestern Polytechncial University of China, and the Troyes University of Technology of France organised a third international conference.

General

Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Xiu-Tian Yan • Benoit Eynard • William J. Ion
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	888
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-84800-238-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Technical design > General
LSN:	1-84800-238-6
Barcode:	9781848002388

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