The site is dedicated to the society of concurrent engineering and had a large amount of valuable information if you are already practicing concurrent engineering. There were several different options you could choose once you were at this web site. Amount the areas were a bookstore, conferences, papers and news, articles and related links. Another option that I thought is rather useful was the discussion web, if you had a question or an experience you could go to this page and ask for help or share your experience.

This site was excellent for someone who was unfamiliar with concurrent engineering. On the home page it had an extensive definition of concurrent engineering. From there you could find additional information on concurrent engineering design methodology, how to organize a project using concurrent engineering as well as a concurrent engineering toolbox. This page was dedicated to the various tools that are necessary for a project using concurrent engineering; rapid prototype, robust design, fmea and design for manufacturing and assembly.

This was another page that was dedicated to the tools available for a concurrent engineering project. They had a large number of tools and some of them were; product data exchange, engineering analysis, computer visualization and advanced numerically controlled material removal. All of the tools listed on this site were tools that could help a project team short the development cycle and get the product to production faster than in the past.

This was a web site for a private company that uses concurrent engineering and had a decent explanation of how they use concurrent engineering to give you your product (mold) quicker than traditional tool sources.

The last web site that I found and thought was of interest was the one for consultants that would come to your company and help you implement some of the concurrent engineering tools to help decrease the length of your development cycle.

Overall, I thought there was a large amount of information available on the topic of concurrent engineering. When I first heard the topic in class, I thought it was a new idea or practice within the engineering profession. But, after researching the topic I found that this practice has been around for some time and has been used daily within the company that I work for for the past ten years. I also think that most companies, at least in the automotive industry, are forced to practice concurrent engineering with the ever decreasing development cycle and certifications such as ISO and QS 9000.