Concurrent Enterprising as a Knowledge reservoir to bridge the gap between engineering and science

Concurrent Engineering (CE) is an innovative non-sequentially methodology to design, manufacture, assembly, test, maintain and servicing non-sequentially complex products (like aircrafts, cars, buildings, a.s.o.). It has become a grand challenge for engineering since 1982. The Product Life Management (PLM) is nowadays one of the most powerful software tool case. The mission to be accomplished next decade is to drive the Enlarged European Union economy from “economic recovery (2010) towards sustainability, innovation and competitiveness on Global Turbulent Markets” [FIA Valencia, 2010]. The first part of the paper is concerned with an ambitious purpose: to capture some milestones (both scientific and business oriented ones) which fuelled the Knowledge reservoir of our Virtual Professional Community (VPC) within the European Society of Concurrent Engineering (ESoCE). The second part is focused on defining the dimensions of Concurrent Enterprising, which sets up adaptable enterprise architecture through its mechanism based on continuous improvement loops, in spite of the potential turbulences coming from the external environment. Furthermore, we analyse the adaptability of the model, enabled through continuous execution of the mechanisms, ultimately aimed at enhancing enterprise optimization and effective management of change.