Computer Aided Product and Process Development Laboratory
Page Created By: Kaushik Sahu on 06/26/2000 at 05:05 AM
Category: CAPPD Lab
Business School curriculums need to focus on the engineering process that lies behind new products. This calls for integration of marketing, manufacturing and engineering under the leadership of senior management.
Companies that consistently "design it right the first time" and follow a path of continuous improvement in product and process development have a formidable edge in the crucial race to market.
[Adapted from: Revolutionizing Product Development by Steven C. Wheelwright & Kim B. Clark]
INTRODUCING THE CAPPD LAB:
The COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCT AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT LAB was established in the summer of 2000 with the help of a grant under the TAPTEC scheme of AICTE. To our knowledge no other business school in the country has yet launched an initiative like this for supporting innovative product development strategies. The lab has been set up with some additional support from the Institute's developmental fund for the furnishings and other hardware components. Currently work has been initiated in the broad areas of New Product Development and Designing for Supply Chains in the Housing Industry. Efforts are also on to attract the industry to use this platform. An important objective here is to assist Industrial development by protecting environmental norms.
OUR OBJECTIVE:
Successful product development means bringing all down stream process related concerns of any product development activity up-front. Technology provides excellent computer aided systems that can support a product during its evolution process from conceptual design through manufacturing to marketing and beyond (i.e. during its entire life cycle). For most Indian companies, however, the product development process badly needs the state of the art computer support and know-how.
It is necessary for our industry to absorb information technology (IT) as an effective productivity-multiplier tool. This project is aimed at providing a platform to run awareness programs for the industry and to see that they use IT effectively. The platform would combine the various emerging hard and soft technologies necessary for our immediate industrial and business needs. The laboratory resources will be used for research, teaching and consulting purposes and also to assist industries in the small and medium sector to plan and implement effectively their product design and process planning activities, as also to foster concurrent product and process development initiatives.
Our aim is to develop and maintain a knowledge base for disseminating ideas to the Industry through various proof-of-concept software development projects. The lab comprising of intelligent design and manufacturing planning systems would support the following:
The main idea is to foster the use of enabling technologies for concurrent product and process development (i.e., Integrated product and process development). The applications can be extended from the manufacturing environment to non-manufacturing (or service) setups. The center would make good use of available information management architectures and methods that enable all interacting disciplines in the life cycle of a product (and in case of service: a system) to cooperate interactively to reduce the "concept-to-product-to-market" lead-time while improving overall productivity. The center would also provide a platform to research, develop and demonstrate new manufacturing management information systems and architectures.
RELEVANT ARTICLES:
Ø Product Development in India
Ø Impact Assessment Study (Summary) by the principal investigator
ABOUT THE CHIEF COORDINATOR/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
Dr. Kaushik Sahu was introduced to the interesting area of Design Automation in 1988 when he enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA). To know more about his qualification and experience please follow the links at http://www.kiit.ac.in/kaushik/index2.htm. Please click here to directly move to Dr. K.Sahu's Areas of Interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
This laboratory would not have been possible without the financial assistance from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. As the Chief Coordinator I acknowledge the support of XIMB for providing the space for setting up the lab. I take this opportunity to thank the personnel from the Computer Resource Center of XIMB for extending the necessary help whenever needed. Thanking You.
.....Dr. Kaushik Sahu
For more details please contact Dr. Kaushik Sahu