<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carson, F</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2434. The Practice of Weight Engineering at Ford</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">57th Annual Conference, Wichita, Kansas, May 18-20</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31. Weight Engineering - Surface Transportation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5/18/98</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sawe.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=43518</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wichita, Kansas</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ford continues to evolve vehicle design practices to respond quicker to global customers. Weight Engineering impacts the Ford Product Development Process from program inception through post production analysis. At the beginning of 1997, Ford consolidated the Weight Engineering organization into one department reporting to the Director of Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT). Previously, most Weight Engineers reported through Vehicle Operations (VO). In the VO organization, Weight Engineers were assigned to programs after preliminary vehicle attribute targets were established by the program team. As part of AVT, weight engineers are charter members of the vehicle team that establishes preliminary vehicle attribute targets. Weight Engineering's historical ongoing program/production responsibilities continue through a &quot;&quot;matrixed&quot;&quot; Management approach--joint reporting to AVT and Vehicle Center Management.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31.0. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - SURFACE TRANSPORTATION</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2434</style></accession-num><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-Member Price: $10.00. Members may download this paper for free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/dms&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;. (Login Required. See SAWE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;.)</style></custom1><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></custom3></record></records></xml>