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~ Howard C., Ph.D. Crabb (Author) "Reams have been written over the past decade about the paradigm shifts that must occur for American industry to be competitive in emerging global markets..." (more)
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This book explains how a company can incorporate advanced processes into their existing systems, integrating the product development, manufacturing, marketing and costing functions. Howard Crabb, the pioneer of the visual engineering concept, draws on his 30 years of experience as Manager of Technical Computing at Ford Motor Company. He explains in clear and effective language steps required to reinvent the current new product development process, how change benefits the organization in terms of reduced cycle time, reduced engineering changes, reduced number of physical prototypes and improved product quality developments in the semiconductor industry and their impact on the desktop computing environment. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Dr. Howard Crabb is President and CEO of Interactive Computer Engineering. Dr. Crabb has over 30 years experience at Ford Motor Company, and over 38 years experience in the automobile industry. He uses systems engineering to analyze the design process and to develop strategic plans that reduce development time and cost, and improve quality.

At Ford, Dr. Crabb pioneered the concept of visual engineering--the representation of CAD data as realistic images. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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