4.2 Concurrent Engineering
It is essentially the collaboration of all the stakeholders of a supply chain i.e.
suppliers, and customers at an early stage (Celtek and Kaynak, 1999). All the
stakeholders are included in the decision making from the design stage so that there
are no miscommunications regarding any aspect of design of engineering. All the
work which might have dependencies with other stakeholders is done by making
cross functional teams and involving all the stakeholders in the process of designing
the product or process