前ぜん後ご工こう程てい

noun

to-and-fro process; back-and-forth process; cooperative process

Technical term used in manufacturing, engineering, or project management to describe a process involving iterative, reciprocal, or collaborative steps between stages or parties.

• この生せい産さんラインでは、前ぜん後ご工こう程ていの連れん携けいが品ひん質しつ向こう上じょうの鍵かぎとなる。

  In this production line, cooperation between the to-and-fro processes is key to improving quality.

• 設せっ計けいと製せい造ぞうの前ぜん後ご工こう程ていを最さい適てき化かすることで、リードタイムを短たん縮しゅくできた。

  By optimizing the back-and-forth process between design and manufacturing, we were able to reduce lead time.