Assessing the Influence of Digital Innovations on the Organizational Design of Product Family Generations

Abstract

The paper discusses increasing demands on product architecture and the resulting requirements and implications for organizational structure. Due to the rising conditions, the product architecture is increasingly developing into a complex construct in which transparency must be increased to continue developing products effectively. The approach of this paper is, based on the method of Design for Variety, a matrix-based modularization with the DSM and its extension to a cross-discipline multi-domain matrix to establish a reference to the organizational structure and to align it in a value-added way to good product architecture. This is done by an exemplary Investigation of the product family generation of a vacuum robot.

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“…[88] Also the interactions between the disciplinespecific architectures must be considered. These are to be analyzed and made transparent accordingly which can be done using the MDMs shown in Küchenhof et al [88] Zuefle et al [89] separated the product architecture into the different discipline architectures which could be mechanical, fluidical, electrical, software, and others as shown in As shown in Figure 9 on the right, compared to analyzing and mapping only the integrated product architecture, analyzing the unique architectures adds value to the integration of the overall system architecture. Discipline-specific architectures are created by selecting the appropriate components based on the MDM.…”

“…Figure 10 shows the various module sections designed as a possible harmonized result of the modularization in the MHC [89] Figure 9. Derived architecture partitioning into different discipline architectures with DSM and MDM used to build mechatronics modules, based on Zuefle et al [89] Figure 10.…”

“…Figure 10 shows the various module sections designed as a possible harmonized result of the modularization in the MHC [89] Figure 9. Derived architecture partitioning into different discipline architectures with DSM and MDM used to build mechatronics modules, based on Zuefle et al [89] Figure 10. Harmonized mechatronic modules and team clusters corresponding to the various development disciplines, based on Zuefle et al [89] based on the classification and assignment to develop disciplines for the example of a vacuum cleaner robot.…”

“…Derived architecture partitioning into different discipline architectures with DSM and MDM used to build mechatronics modules, based on Zuefle et al [89] Figure 10. Harmonized mechatronic modules and team clusters corresponding to the various development disciplines, based on Zuefle et al [89] based on the classification and assignment to develop disciplines for the example of a vacuum cleaner robot. The components are located in the columns and the disciplines are represented in each row.…”

“…This arrangement discourages silo-driven thinking and allows developers from a variety of disciplines to work together on the same module. [89] The description of the modular architecture can be supported by system models. The Configuration Network Diagram (CND) according to Seiler & Krause [90] shown in Figure 11 maps product features (which are derived from the requirements) to the product components which themselves are associated with modules.…”