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Welcome to our presentation of Mechanical Engineering magazine's first industry forum. The topic of our inaugural forum was "Re-engineering the Product Development Process for the 21st Century." The forum was held during ASME International's Congress and Exposition in Atlanta, GA. The following is an excerpt of the 90-minute discussion. Enjoy! Click here to send us a note and give us your feedback. ![]() The 1996 Mechanical Engineering Magazine Industry Forum. Left to right, John G. Falcioni, Editor-in-Chief, Mechanical Engineering, Tom Curry, Marilyn Coll, R. Gary Diaz, Kristen Laura, Twila Hart-Humphrey, Clifford Davis, Robert Murphy, Dan Dietz, Associate Editor, Mechanical Engineering ![]() Welcome to Mechanical Engineering
Magazine's First Industry Forum. My name is John Falcioni.
I'm Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. All of us who are
associated with the magazine are proud to present this
important forum on re-engineering the product development
process for the 21st Century.Re-engineering has become a buzz word in recent years with both positive and negative connotations. The next 90 minutes will shed some light into how several of the top technology companies in the world, representing engineering software, the automotive industry, electronic packaging, aerospace, process engineering, industrial automation, and heavy equipment, are dealing with a variety of issues relating to re-engineering. Moderating the Forum this morning is Thomas C. Curry, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the leading analysis software company, the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation. |