An IM REPORT in finding aid list it is: 21 "Variant Design - Manufacture Process RRM Joint Application Development", 3 May 1993 and there is another Variant Design paper listed with date of 3 August in Folder 20. IN Warfield's book Understanding complexity references section it is "Variant Design Process: Rapid Response Manufacturing Consortium Joint Application Development Project Report 19-21 May, 1993, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI." This is one of 32 FORD reports which Rose Warfield packed in a single box, and sent with the 23 October 2000 shipment to Fenwick Library, George Mason University. Rose later found an extra copy of this report, which had not been shipped to a library, so she was able to catalog this one pretty thoroughly. The workshop was sponsored by a consortium of several automobile manufacturing companies, including Ford Motor Company. The purpose of the consortium was to develop generic auto manufacturing standards, to be used across the entire industry. The workshop context statement was: "Informed (but not limited) by the design process practices of your company, what are the significant problems (and problem areas) anticipated in the development of a design process through the RRM program that will support variant design of mechanical components and assemblies across all member companies?" There was a total of 81 problems, 42 of which were selected and used to generate a problematique. The report contains the problematique printed in reduced size on page 10, and also as a large figure page inserted into a back pocket. There are three photographs (photocopies of photos) showing the workshop in progress, with participants grouped around wallboard displays and the central conference table. Warfield is listed as report editor, with contributions from Ben Broome and Scott Staley. This report is probably on Warfield's computer somewhere, but I don't know where. The participants were: Al Crabtree, Texas Instruments; Ed Rehg, Texas Instruments; Ravi Duggirala, GMC-Saginaw; Gary Patelski, GMC-Saginaw; Jeff Sutter, GMU-Saginaw; Thomas Goodman, EDS-Automotive Components Group; Denis Huser, Ford Motor Co.; Gene Schuler, Ford Motor Co; Donald Scott, Ford Motor Co; The observers (described in the report as "supportive participants") were William Waddell, NCMS; Pete Sferro, Ford Motor Co; Michael Wiley, Cimflex Technology; Barry Lawler, C4 Tech program at GMC; James Fowler, NIST; Ralph Vertilli, ICAD; Martin Stevens, Ford Motor Co; Gerald Partington, Ford Motor Co. The facilitation and workshop preparation team members were: John N. Warfield, Scott M. Staley, Benjamin J. Broome, David Keever, Dennis Huser, Daniel J. Fagan.