"Concurrent Engineering" has been recognized for more than a couple of decades to be a major force behind achieving international competitiveness, responsiveness and improving productivity. In 1991, CETeam International of ISPE in collaboration with Academic Press of London, UK was the first to launch this journal. CERA (an abbreviation for: "Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications (CERA)" is an International Journal – and a quarterly (refereed) publication. CERA is now entering its tenth year of successful publication. It is recognized as the most premier archival quality publication in the field of Concurrent Engineering. This journal fills voids for a very important and timely subject matter dear to the economic hearts of many industries particularly manufacturing.

The journal (CERA) offers in one convenient form - the results of today's most important and exciting developments on - Concurrent Engineering for product design and manufacturing. CERA is the only vehicle today for the international exchange of scientific information in this critical area of discovery. The interdisciplinary nature of this emerging technology is not only evident in the expertise of the Editorial Advisory Board members but is the fundamental element which has created the revolutionary Toyota’s fast-to-market concepts (for details refer to Prasad’s Concurrent Engineering Fundamentals Text Book: http://www.prenhall.com/allbooks/ptr_0131474634.html) and which are now manifested in this journal.

CERA is the first journal of its kind to concentrate exclusively on this integrated discipline. CERA was founded in 1991 on the premises that the subjects of CE require a journal equally accessible to specialists from many disciplines and cross-fields. Designed to foster contacts among these diverse groups, the journal identified common research interests, innovative practical applications, and furnished most up-to-date information on technologies applicable across multi-disciplinary lines.

If you are looking for the most authoritative place to publish your work, then consider CERA - the first multidisciplinary Concurrent Engineering Journal. Submit your work to the distinguished International Editorial Boards for possible publication in one of the coming issues. Suggested research topics and instructions for paper preparation will be mailed to you promptly on request. Please write to us: Managing Editor: prasadb1@cox.net

Also, on behalf of our Editorial Board, we invite your comments and look forward to adding you to our list of growing contributors, readers, reviewers and subscribers.

Sincerely,
Biren Prasad, Ph.D.,
Managing Editor
Email: prasadb1@cox.net