scholarly journals Investigating the Use of Set-Based Concurrent Engineering in Product Manufacturing Companies

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Torgeir Welo ◽  
Atle Lycke ◽  
Geir Ringen
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Product Manufacturing

Service strategies in product manufacturing companies

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Gebauer ◽  
Carlos Bravo‐Sanchez ◽  
Elgar Fleisch
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Product Manufacturing ◽  
Service Strategies

Exploring maintenance strategies in Chinese product manufacturing companies

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 941-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Gebauer ◽  
Felix Pützr ◽  
Thomas Fischer ◽  
Chunzhi Wang ◽  
Jie Lin
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Maintenance Strategies ◽  
Product Manufacturing

Design of Products for an Agile Manufacturing Environment

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kusiak ◽  
Chang-Xue Feng
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Setup Time ◽  
Agile Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Lot Sizes ◽  
Feature Based Design

Abstract Many manufacturing companies have been striving to reduce setup times in order to produce smaller lot sizes and to obtain quicker responses to frequently changing market demands. This paper focuses on the reduction of setup time by design improvements of products. Based on the basic principles of setups and concepts from concurrent engineering, rules for design of products at the feature level are presented. Examples and computational results illustrate that the inter-lot setups and in-lot setups can be reduced by the feature-based design rules. The proposed approach for setup reduction appears to be more cost effective than optimizing the processes and operations where the product designs have been fixed. This research intends to bridge the gap between engineering design and manufacturing.

Managing sustainable service improvements in manufacturing companies

Kybernetes ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 583-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Gebauer ◽  
Elgar Fleisch
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Managerial Implication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Product Manufacturing ◽  
Improvement Programs

PurposeThe paper aims to provide a better understanding of how cognitive processes limit service improvements in typical product manufacturing companies.Design/methodology/approachCase studies are the main tool for theory development. All investigated manufacturing companies have been seeking possibilities to enhance their profitability through services, because their products were mainly in the maturity stage with decreasing margins and profitability.FindingsThe objective was to show how companies can overcome the typical “cultural” habits and cognitive processes by offering some guidelines to managers seeking to establish sustainable service improvement programs.Research limitations/implicationsThe remarks are limited to product manufacturing firms.Practical implicationsThe key managerial implication is a method to overcome cognitive processes, which limit service improvements.Originality/valueThe paper establishes that cognitive processes form several feedback structures that all play a critical role in determining the success of service improvements.

Concurrent Engineering Philosophy Implemented Using Computer Optimized Design

1995 ◽  
Vol 209 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
D C Bayliss ◽  
R Akueson ◽  
R Parkin ◽  
J A G Knight
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Intelligent Manufacturing ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Optimized Design ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Design For Manufacture ◽  
Functional Teams

Concurrent engineering is seen as a philosophy with the aim of simultaneously involving suppliers and customers at an early stage in the design process. The transfer of technology has been established as the key element in this process, together with the coordination of the product development process. An ESPRIT (7752) project at De Montfort University has benchmarked the levels of concurrent engineering (CE) of manufacturing companies in the United Kingdom. This has shown, in general, that two fundamental methods for the implementation of CE exist, these being specialized multi-functional teams and multi-functional teams using computer optimization, the latter being seen as the way forward. This paper examines the use of an expert system toolkit, particularly in the design for manufacture (DFM) process. Dealing with knowledge acquisition, the function as well as the structure of component elements is represented. The paper also describes work by De Montfort University in integrating an expert and computer aided design (CAD) system that meets the requirements for accomplishing the concept of design for manufacture. In the future intelligent manufacturing systems (IMS) aimed at systematizing the know-how will be used, which will be of particular value in showing how to use knowledge effectively.

Service development in traditional product manufacturing companies

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiko Gebauer ◽  
Regine Krempl ◽  
Elgar Fleisch
Keyword(s):  
Service Development ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Product Manufacturing
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