Compatibility before completeness—Identifying intrinsic conflicts in concept decision making for technical systems

Kihlander, Ingrid; Ritzén, Sofia

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2011.10.005

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“…This study uses empirical data from two production system design projects at one global manufacturing company, which we refer to as Projects A and B. While case study research at a single organization offers limited generalizability (Ahlskog et al, 2017), it allows an in-depth exploration of how decision making occurs at manufacturing companies beyond well-structured decisions (Kihlander and Ritzén, 2012). The manufacturing company was selected based on theoretical sampling, with the aim of exploiting opportunities to explore a significant phenomenon under rare or extreme circumstances relevant to the study of single cases (Yin, 2013;Eisenhardt and Graebner, 2007).…”

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Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study

Flores-García¹,

Bruch

Wiktorsson

et al. 2020

JMTM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the selection of decision-making approaches at manufacturing companies when implementing process innovations. Design/methodology/approach This study reviews the current understanding of decision structuredness for determining a decision-making approach and conducts a case study based on an interactive research approach at a global manufacturer. Findings The findings show the correspondence of intuitive, normative and combined intuitive and normative decision-making approaches in relation to varying degrees of equivocality and analyzability. Accordingly, the conditions for determining a decision-making choice when implementing process innovations are revealed. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to increased understanding of the combined use of intuitive and normative decision making in production system design. Practical implications Empirical data are drawn from two projects in the heavy-vehicle industry. The study describes decisions, from start to finish, and the corresponding decision-making approaches when implementing process innovations. These findings are of value to staff responsible for the design of production systems. Originality/value Unlike prior conceptual studies, this study considers normative, intuitive and combined intuitive and normative decision making. In addition, this study extends the current understanding of decision structuredness and discloses the correspondence of decision-making approaches to varying degrees of equivocality and analyzability.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study

Flores-García¹,

Bruch

Wiktorsson

et al. 2020

JMTM

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“…Most empirical studies focus on the decision-making process when a set of selection criteria is already given (Kihlander, 2011), while very few studies are dedicated to the process of defining, evaluating, and selecting criteria in product development, particularly in preliminary design. Yet the study of Girod et al (2003) suggests that the process of choosing the criteria, according to which the alternatives are evaluated, does not seem to be considered as an important point: in three different groups of students and experts aiming at selecting a concept, a maximum of 10% of selection time is dedicated to definition and weighting of criteria.…”

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Selecting system architecture: What a single industrial experiment can tell us about the traps to avoid when choosing selection criteria

Moullec

Janković

Eckert

2016

AIEDAM

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Decisions related to system architecture are difficult because of fuzziness and lack of information combined with often-conflicting objectives. We organized an industrial workshop with the objective of choosing 5 out of 800 architectures. The first step, the identification of selection criteria, proved to be the greatest challenge. As a result, designers selected system architectures that did not satisfy them without being able to explain why. It appeared that most of the difficulties faced by the designers came from the criteria used for architecture selection. This study aims to identify what made the selection criteria difficult to use. The audio recordings of the workshop were transcribed and analyzed in order to identify the obstacles related to the definition and the use of selection criteria. The analysis highlights two issues: the interdisciplinarity of system architecture makes criteria interdependent and the lack of information makes it impossible to define an exhaustive set of criteria. Finally, this study provides recommendations for selecting appropriate selection criteria and insights for future selection support tools dedicated to system architecture design.

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“…El análisis se ha desarrollado mediante un trabajo experimental con grupos de estudiantes de diseño industrial de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, los cuales afrontaron el reto de resolver conceptualmente un producto en sesiones de trabajo, que fueron grabadas aplicando el método de estudio de protocolo de diseño. En el resultado del análisis, se concluye que los factores más relevantes en Introducción La importancia de la fase conceptual en el diseño de productos pación en los que influyen muchos factores, como por ejemplo: la experiencia de los participantes, la forma de resolver conflictos, aspectos contradictorios de los conceptos propuestos o la información disponible (Mattson, Muller y Messac, 2009;Kihlander y Ritzén, 2009;Nikander, Liikkanen y Laakso, 2013).…”

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Estudio sobre el proceso de toma de decisiones durante la fase conceptual del diseño de producto

Bernal¹

2016

Iconofac

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Resumen: La fase de conceptualización en el diseño de producto tiene particular importancia, ya que las decisiones que en ella se toman tienen un impacto relevante en la definición del grado de innovación, en la calidad de la solución de diseño, en los costos y, por consiguiente, en la competitividad del producto. Durante esta fase, continuamente se aceptan o descartan opciones, de manera que tomar decisiones de manera acertada se constituye en una actividad muy importante para el diseñador industrial. El presente artículo estudia el proceso de toma de decisiones de algunos diseñadores industriales cuando trabajan en equipo durante la fase de generación de conceptos. El análisis se ha desarrollado mediante un trabajo experimental con grupos de estudiantes de diseño industrial de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, los cuales afrontaron el reto de resolver conceptualmente un producto en sesiones de trabajo, que fueron grabadas aplicando el método de estudio de protocolo de diseño. En el resultado del análisis, se concluye que los factores más relevantes en

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Compatibility before completeness—Identifying intrinsic conflicts in concept decision making for technical systems

Cited by 20 publications

References 61 publications

Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study

Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study

Selecting system architecture: What a single industrial experiment can tell us about the traps to avoid when choosing selection criteria

Estudio sobre el proceso de toma de decisiones durante la fase conceptual del diseño de producto

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