Whiteside, A.Shehab, EssamBeadle, ChrisPercival, M.Rajkumar RoyEssam Shehab2009-10-012009-10-0120092009-03-31Whiteside A, Shehab E, Beadle C, Percival M. (2013) Developing a current capability design for manufacture framework in the aerospace industry. Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference – Competitive Design, Cranfield University, 30-31 March 2009, pp. 223978-0-9557436-4-1http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3738Organised by: Cranfield UniversityDuring progressive product design and development in the aerospace industry, a lack of effective communication between the sequential functions of design, manufacturing and assembly often causes delays and setbacks whereby production capabilities are unable to realise design intent in high-complexity product models. As a result, there is a need to formalise the progressive release of an engineering model to production functions during New Product Introduction (NPI) via defining key stages of definition maturity and information requirements through a structured process. This paper describes the development of a framework to facilitate optimal ‘design for manufacture’ based on current manufacturing capabilities within the aerospace industry.enCopyright: Cranfield University 2009Design for Manufacture and AssemblyProcess Capability AnalysisAerospace IndustryConference paper