Concurrent engineering is a team-based approach to product design. The team of people from different areas works concurrently on the design. It is important because this ensures that we don’t have problems taking the product from engineering to production since production can help ensure an easy transition if they are involved in the design, thus making the product easier to manufacture. The old approach of separate departments working with the design at different times was costly and inefficient. Concurrent engineering has resulted in a shorter development time with better quality.