The well-defined concurrent
process is established in the
new product development, combined
with the company-wide virtual
engineering infrastructure. Feasibility
study is intensively performed
as early as at the styling stage,
and the formability study is carried
out simultaneously.
The manufacturability study and cost analysis
is performed earlier with the model data provided
by a computer-aided styling system, at the
same time allowing the newest styling concept
as much as possible.
To prevent skin quality problems before constructing
die, FMEA is carried out with the skin data
information generated by CAS system.
Every part designed is verified with CAE to
find possible difficulties in forming. The
results are fed back to part designers for
correction.
Cost Reduction Activities Cost analysis is
one of our major activities prior to the die
design. We examine every aspect of cost and
productivity. As activities to reduce the
cost, we have maximized a material yield through
detailed study from a part design stage and
reduced the number of operation to less than
four for all kinds of body panels.
Concurrent Engineering
