Download or read book Managing the Design-manufacturing Process written by John E. Ettlie and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1990 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide describes the administrative practices, policies, tools, and methods that promote better coordination, and shows how design-manufacturing integration helps a company reduce costs, improve product quality, and respond quickly to customer needs and demands. It examines the issues that have traditionally prevented design-manufacturing collaboration and reports on the findings of a four-year domestic plant study of the best strategies for promoting the integration of design and manufacturing.