A decision support system for rapid one-of-a-kind product development

Xie, Sheng Quan

doi:10.1007/s00170-004-2432-9

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“…These approaches often combine the analogical approach and the analytical approach. The solutions proposed in the studies [20][21][22][23] can be included in this group.…”

Section: Cost Estimation Methods-a Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge-based methods for cost estimation of metal casts

Macioł

2016

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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The aim of the research presented in this paper was to verify the hypothesis that the problem of estimating the variable costs of metal casts can be solved by using knowledge-based systems. The estimation of variable costs determines the adequate pricing of products, which is a crucial marketing problem in enterprises. The problem of estimating the direct costs is especially important in companies whose participation in the market is defined as versatile manufacturing. This problem was the target of many studies presented in this paper. The assumptions that the direct costs of a metal cast are dependent on the physical features of the cast and the most effective method of cost estimation is an intuitive qualitative technique based on a rule-based system were considered. The nature of the relationships between the casts' features and the direct costs of production could be effectively formed by experts as reasoning rules. In this paper, the results of experiments conducted on the basis of the example of the production program of a foundry that manufactures water-system fittings is presented. Three methods of knowledge-definition and reasoning techniques were examined: the classical method of crisp reasoning, fuzzy reasoning with the Mamdani's method, and fuzzy reasoning with the Takagi-Sugeno model. Proper experiments were conducted. The results of the experiments confirmed the hypothesis, which allows the assessment of different reasoning methods.A. Maciol

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“…These approaches often combine the analogical approach and the analytical approach. The solutions proposed in the studies [20][21][22][23] can be included in this group.…”

Section: Cost Estimation Methods-a Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge-based methods for cost estimation of metal casts

Macioł

2016

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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“…From geometric information found in the CAD about the product and information about manufacture and resources of the company, a simulation of the production is performed in potential environments of the factory, which indicates the most economic route for the product. Xie (2006) develops an information system via web to support the project of customized products. It consists in several modules and tools aimed at helping decision-making regarding options of manufacture, assembly and costs, besides project management.…”

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“…Two tools are applied to cases in one company located in Christchurch, New Zealand (Xie, 2006;Xie et al, 2005). Just like the proposal by Tu et al (2007), i.e.…”

Section: Manufacturing Projectmentioning

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“…The support techniques to the tools aimed at the manufacturing project focus on the integration between systems (Xie, 2006;Xie et al, 2005), based on intranet-accessible languages or even via web. In the proposals under analysis, there was also some orientation towards the integration between pieces of software (used in the project and manufacturing ones) for the definitions related to the customized projects (Figure 7).…”

Section: Manufacturing Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New product development for mass customization: a systematic review

Fettermann

Echeveste

2014

Production & Manufacturing Research

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The incorporation of tools into New Product Development (NPD) process tends to contribute to the implementation of Mass Customization strategy in companies. Different knowledge areas -such as marketing, design and engineering -offer tools for different stages of product development. The specificity of those tools makes their selection and application to NPD process difficult. This paper aims at carrying out a literature review of applicable tools in respect to the NPD aimed at MC promotion. It also aims at identifying, according to its objective, its localization and application to NPD process. By means of a systematic review, 39 tools for NPD were identified. The results present bibliometrics on the tools, identify four tool clusters according to their contributions to product development, and also identify opportunities for research about the theme.

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“…It has been a broadly accepted fact that product knowledge can assist OKP companies to increase profit and quality while reducing time spent on new product development, reduces the negative impact of the loss of expertise, and enables agile OKPPD [2,[6][7][8][9]. Therefore, a suitable product knowledge modelling approach is essential for the survival of OKP companies [10].…”

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Step-Based Data Sharing and Exchange in One-of-a-Kind Product Collaborative Design for Cloud Manufacturing

Xie

Sang

2013

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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With the trend for global collaboration, there is a need for collaborative design between geographically distributed teams and companies. In particular, this need is inevitable in the companies doing their business based on one-of-a-kind production (OKP). One important problem is the lack of interoperability and compatibility of data between different CAx systems. This problem is further highlighted in data exchange in cloud manufacturing. To the best of authors' knowledge, current studies have limitations in achieving the interoperability and compatibility of data. In this paper, a STEP-based data model is proposed to represent OKP product data/knowledge, which contains four categories of product knowledge (i.e., customer, product, manufacturing, and resource resp.). A STEP-based data modelling approach is proposed to describe each category of knowledge separately and then connect them to form the final integrated model. Compared with most current product models, this model includes the more complete product data/knowledge involved in OKP product development (OKPPD), and thus it can provide more adequate knowledge support for OKPPD activities. Based on the proposed STEP-based data model, a product data exchange and sharing (DES) framework is proposed and developed to enable DES in collaborative OKPPD in the cloud manufacturing environment. Case studies were carried out to validate the proposed data model and DES framework.

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A decision support system for rapid one-of-a-kind product development

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Knowledge-based methods for cost estimation of metal casts

Knowledge-based methods for cost estimation of metal casts

New product development for mass customization: a systematic review

Step-Based Data Sharing and Exchange in One-of-a-Kind Product Collaborative Design for Cloud Manufacturing

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