Cost engineering for manufacturing: current and future research

Yuchun Xu, John Ahmed Erkoyuncu, Oyetola Bankole, Yee Mey Goh, Wai Ming Cheung, Paul Baguley, Qing Wang, Panumas Arundachawat, Essam Shehab, Linda Newnes, Rajkumar Roy

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    Abstract

    This paper aims to review the current practice in cost engineering, identify the scientific research challenges and suggest future direction of this area research. It has been developed based on both the outputs from the academic forum of cost engineering at Cranfield University in the UK and the state of art on cost engineering research. The promising future research subjects in Cost Engineering have been identified and discussed in detail such as understanding the factors impacting design rework; cost estimation using CAPP information; estimating the uncertainties through life cycle; and developing uncertainty modelling methods.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)300-314
    JournalInternational Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
    Volume25
    Issue number4/5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • cost engineering
    • life cycle cost
    • risk
    • uncertainty
    • affordability engineering

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