Design of Wire Harnesses for Mass Customization

Agard, Bruno; Tollenaere, Michel

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0161-7_6

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“…Depending on the silhouette and the engine type, these functions appear in different versions (up to nine). The potential diversity is then about 7 million different wire harnesses for a unique car model (Agard and Tollenaere 2002).…”

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Data mining for improvement of product quality

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Kusiak

2006

International Journal of Production Research

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The assemble-to-order strategy delays the final assembly operations of a product until a customer order is received. The modules used in the final assembly operation result in a large product diversity. This production strategy reduces the customer waiting time for the product. As the lead-time is short, any product rework may violate the delivery time. Since quality tests can be performed on the stocked modules without impacting the assembly schedule, the quality of the final assembly operations should be the focus. The data-mining approach presented in this paper uses the production data to determine the sequence of assemblies that minimizes the risk of producing faulty products. The extracted knowledge plays an important role in sequencing modules and forming product families that minimize the cost of production faults. The concepts introduced in the paper are illustrated with numerical examples.

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“…Depending on the silhouette and the engine type, different sets of these elements are used (up to 9). Potential diversity is about 7 million of different wire harnesses for a unique car model (Agard and Tollenaere 2002).…”

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“…The tests are based on a wire harness design introduced in Agard and Tollenaere (2002). Wire harness is an important assembly in a vehicle.…”

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Selection of modules for mass customisation

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2009

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Satisfying customer expectations is of paramount importance in today's markets. A customer expects to receive a product that meets as best as possible his/her expectations. To satisfy diversified requirements companies may focus on product families. For a specific customer the company has to select within a product family what will make a valid product. Then, in a just-in-time environment, the suppliers may have to provide the exact subassemblies corresponding to each product in a predefined time. This integration takes place by designing modules for the supplier. This paper proposes to extract customers' behaviour patterns, in terms of the components required, using data-mining and entropy maximisation when selecting modules to be manufactured. Different methods for selection of modules are proposed. Computational tests are performed to evaluate performance of the selection methods with respect to the specified assembly time/resource level.

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“…126 Finally, LDEs are broken into two primary groups, high-energy lasers (HEL) and low-power lasers (LPL). 127 Each of these systems offers potential application in missile defense, force protection, space control, and tactical direct fire missions. 128 DEWs offer the military planner and operator a range of lethal and non-lethal capabilities to meet the challenges of a dynamic military environment.…”

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Directed Energy Weapons: De We Have a Game Plan

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2004

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Design of Wire Harnesses for Mass Customization

Cited by 13 publications

References 3 publications

Data mining for improvement of product quality

Data mining for improvement of product quality

Selection of modules for mass customisation

Directed Energy Weapons: De We Have a Game Plan

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