Abstract
There are various and numerous SEM practices that have been established and published in literature. Thereby, the difficulty in designing engineering solutions does not just arise from simply the technical complexity but also in the managerial complexity necessary to manage the interactions between the different engineering disciplines. The main objective of this minor research dissertation was to understand the nonperformance of the organization’s SEM model and whether concurrent engineering can be considered as an alternative to the organization’s current SEM model. In order to understand the non-performance, three (3) questions together with their hypothesis and null hypothesis were posed. The first question was to see how the current SEM model compares with industry best practice. A review of the organization’s SEM model together supporting documentation such as engineering policy, instruction manuals and procedures revealed that the organization’s SEM model compares very well with best practice...
M.Phil. (Engineering Management)