Society of Concurrent
Product Development
Integrating Strategy, People, Process,
Tools, & Technology

SCPD Membership Benefits 

As a member of the premier society for technical product development professionals, you receive a rich complement of products and services.

Publications - Informative national and chapter publications focusing on what works and what doesn't work in the team approach to concurrent product design, delivery, and support. 

·   Monthly "News & Notes" email bulletin to all members,

·   Quarterly national news magazine – Concurrency,

Networking - Opportunities to share experiences with colleagues and learn from leading practitioners, researchers, and consultants from well known companies in commercial and defense industries, government agencies and universities.  Through our “members only” section you have access to a membership list of all members.

Programs - Practical local and national programs by and for practitioners on today's most interesting and critically important business topics, including product development processes, high performance teams, understanding customer needs, and enabling technologies.  Of particular note is our annual conference; a top draw for all professionals.

Discounts – Reduced prices for all SCPD chapter meetings, conferences, and publications.  We co-sponsor conferences and trade events that are of direct relevance to the SCPD mission. In so doing, we typically secure deep discounts on the tuition fees, often worth many times more than our annual dues.

Repository - Access to the "Members Only" section of the SCPD Web Site.

·   Archives of all past publications, conference proceedings, professional articles and meeting presentations,

·   Our Membership Directory and,

·   The SCPD Body of Knowledge (CPDBOK).

Each of these benefits is designed to compliment our meetings, conference presentations, and existing publications in support of the SCPD mission to disseminate knowledge and develop an understanding of concurrent engineering and product development concepts and practices.

Join on the Web. Use our online Membership System. There are online credit card and pay-by-check (mail in) choices available.