Product platform design: method and application

Simpson, Timothy W.; Maier, Jonathan R. A.; Mistree, Farrokh

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“…Concept Exploration Method (PPCEM) (Simpson et al, 2001), Design for Variety (DFV) (Martin and Ishii, 2002), and a design process for a product line design under uncertainty and competition (Li and Azarm, 2002). Gonzalez-Zugasti et al (2000) present a method for architecting product platforms, which are evaluated using a real options approach in Gonzalez-Zugasti et al (2001).…”

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Investigating tradeoffs between performance, cost and flexibility for reconfigurable offshore ships

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This paper investigates technical performance, acquisition cost and flexibility level for reconfigurable offshore ships. An offshore ship can be configured with various types of equipment; thus, its base structure constitutes a platform from which several end ship design configurations can be derived. A ship with equipment retrofit flexibility will typically have excess stability, deadweight and deck area to ensure physical compatibility. However, there are complex system interactions that need consideration, such as the effects of flexibility on cost and performance. The level of flexibility is quantified using filtered outdegree based on a tradespace network representation of the system. Technical performance is measured in terms of capability, capacity and operability, where a multi-attribute utility function is used to aggregate the total performance for comparison. Findings indicate that increased platform flexibility does increase capacity, but comes at a complex compromise with operability as resistance is increased, and roll periods become unfavorable due to high accelerations.

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Section: Platforms and Flexibilitymentioning

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Investigating tradeoffs between performance, cost and flexibility for reconfigurable offshore ships

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“…A proliferation of terms from the design literature seek to describe ways of responding to the challenge of configuring and designing to customer order. Examples include modular design [30], platform designs [31], and configuration design [32]. Jiao et al [33] show the considerable range of terms that have emerged.…”

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Establishing a maturity model for design automation in sales-delivery processes of ETO products

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Gosling

Schönsleben

2016

Computers in Industry

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Short delivery times are considered a competitive advantage in the engineer-to-order (ETO) sector. Design-related tasks contribute to a substantial amount of delivery times and costs since ETO products have to be either fully developed or adapted to customer specifications within tendering or order fulfillment. Approaches aiming at a computerised automation of tasks related to the design process, often termed design automation or knowledge-based engineering, are generally regarded as an effective means to achieve lead time and cost reductions while maintaining, or even improving product quality. In this study we propose a maturity model as a framework for analyzing and improving such activities in ETO companies.We contribute to the literature in being the first to investigate design automation in the ETO sector from a maturity perspective. Beyond that, we extend the extant literature on design automation, which is of a highly technical nature, by providing a framework considering organizational and managerial aspects. The findings indicate that five different levels of maturity can be achieved across the dimensions strategies, processes, systems, and people.Empirical cases give insight into these different levels. Our investigation draws from extant literature and a comparative case study involving four companies over two years.

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“…Platform design aims at designing different products that share a substantial fraction of their components. Several different platforms, including modular platforms, standard component platforms, and process and manufacturing platforms, have been introduced in this design area (Robertson and Ulrich 1998;Simpson et al 2001).…”

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CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering

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Product platform design: method and application

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Investigating tradeoffs between performance, cost and flexibility for reconfigurable offshore ships

Investigating tradeoffs between performance, cost and flexibility for reconfigurable offshore ships

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