Research on dynamic systems—some considerations

Ottosson, Stig; Björk, Evastina

doi:10.1016/s0166-4972(03)00032-4

Cited by 39 publications

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“…Furthermore, case studies are recommended when dealing with complex adaptive systems, such as engineering and product development projects: in these cases, researchers should consider 'insider' and 'participatory' approaches to research (Ottosson and Bjork 2004;Gosling et al 2011), to capture depth, nuance and complex data during the interviews (Mason 2002).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engineer-to-order (ETO) production planning and control: an empirical framework for machinery-building companies

Adrodegari

Bacchetti

Pinto

et al. 2015

Production Planning & Control

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This paper illustrates the results of an empirical study involving 21 engineer-to-order (ETO) companies, operating in the machinery-building industry. The study investigates the needs and requirements of such companies in terms of software support for governing the businesses, with particular emphasis on production planning and control (PPC) processes. An empirical analysis investigated two main aspects: (i) the set of business activities performed by the companies in the analysed industry and (ii) the relevant, high-level software functionalities required for the execution of such activities. As an answer to the observed compelling need for reviewing the general approaches to PPC in machinery-building companies, we develop an empirical, high-level production planning and scheduling reference framework, encompassing all the activities involved in the order fulfilment process.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engineer-to-order (ETO) production planning and control: an empirical framework for machinery-building companies

Adrodegari

Bacchetti

Pinto

et al. 2015

Production Planning & Control

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“…Thus, it is essential to predict the requirement change propagation as it enables the designers to foresee unanticipated changes and maximises the probability for the project's success. Further, it is difficult to predict changes that may be of significant value during future phases of the project development (Ottosson and Björk 2004). Hence, this study examines the use of the design structure matrices (DSM) as a requirements change modelling tool to predict requirement change propagation in an industry case study of two large-scale design projects.…”

Section: Need For Managing Requirement Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Design is a complex and dynamic process (Marchek and Kannapan 1992, Dym 1994, Cohen and Fulton 1998, Andreou et al 2003, Ottosson and Björk 2004. A requirement document is not fixed in the data it contains and is used by multiple individuals over the span of a project.…”

Section: Requirements Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting requirement change propagation, using higher order design structure matrices: an industry case study

Morkos

Shankar

Summers

2012

Journal of Engineering Design

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“…This implies that the researcher should have an active role in the cases performed, rather than a passive and distant one. In an opposite take, the research eff orts identifi ed by Ottoson & Björk [79] as having the largest distance between the researcher and the object or occasion researched are the research eff orts most replicable. In order to ensure a high level of research quality, by ensuring replicability (and thus enabling falsifi cation) as well as reliability, a combined approach using research activities with both high reliability (short distance between researcher and the object of research) and high replicability (long distance between researcher and the object of research) is a suitable way of creating a general research methodology in order to generate generalizable and useful knowledge.…”

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Introducing New Materials in the Automotive Industry: Managing the Complexity of Introducing New Materials in Existing Production Systems

Henriksson¹

2017

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Passenger vehicles are central to Western society, and contribute to a signifi cant part of our greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reduce emissions, the automotive industry as a whole is working to reduce mass in passenger vehicles in order to reduce energy consumption. One way to reduce mass is to introduce lightweight materials in the body of the vehicle. This research aims to explore the relationship between product and production system when introducing new materials.Besides a theoretical review and an industry-centered technological mapping, four case studies have been conducted during the course of this licentiate thesis. Two case studies were conducted with engineering design students working as development teams, one case study with the author as the developer and fi nally one case study in an industrial environment at a product owning company with in-house production.The goal of the case studies has been to increase the collective knowledge of how product development decisions aff ect production development decisions, and vice versa, when developing passenger vehicles in new materials.In the following analysis of case study outcomes, a number of factors important for introducing new materials are discussed. The relationship between product and production is investigated, both in terms of how the production system aff ects the product and how the product aff ects the production system. The outcome from this analysis is a mapping of important factors for automotive industry companies to understand and identify when looking at introducing new materials in existing production systems. Finally, a suggestion for future research eff orts is presented. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Research on dynamic systems—some considerations

Cited by 39 publications

References 5 publications

Engineer-to-order (ETO) production planning and control: an empirical framework for machinery-building companies

Engineer-to-order (ETO) production planning and control: an empirical framework for machinery-building companies

Predicting requirement change propagation, using higher order design structure matrices: an industry case study

Introducing New Materials in the Automotive Industry: Managing the Complexity of Introducing New Materials in Existing Production Systems

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