Product Modern Design Platform to Support Product Development in Distributed Resource Environment

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xudong Dai ◽  
Xianghui Meng ◽  
Zhang Zhinan ◽  
Youbai Xie
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Virtual Prototype ◽  
Work Flow ◽  
Distributed Design ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Modern Design ◽  
Complex Product ◽  
Design Resources

The manufacturers are competing against each other based on their development ability. A manufacturer who wants to do better than others must emphasize its ability of product development. The resources that product development relies on are more distributed than ever along with the varying of the global design environment. So more and more resources outside of enterprises are needed during the product design process. The platform supporting the product modern design under the circumstance of distributed resources will meet the requirement of the enterprise’s product design and development under such conditions. The platform will also simplify the implementation on the integral of the IT support system for design resources outside of enterprises. In this paper the characteristics and supporting technologies of product design platform, which supporting the distributed design resource circumstance and centering on the enterprise, are studied. The building method of the platform is presented and a prototype of the product design platform is developed. Three subsystems are included in the platform. They are the product requirements analysis system, the product design planning system and the knowledge management system. Many design tasks can be supported on the platform, such as product requirement analysis, concept design, detail design, experiment, and maintenance knowledge acquirement. The distributing, implementing, tracking and managing of product lifecycle tasks can also be supported on the platform. The distributed design resources could be sealed as application components to provide design services. Design work flow model and knowledge flow model are built and controlled through the FIPER software. The design knowledge is managed based on the ontology theory. The virtual prototype of a complex product can be built and run more easily with the design platform. The process of building a virtual prototype could be described simply as following. Firstly the distributed models are sealed as application components. Then the components are published in the FIPER environment. Finally, the virtual prototype is built in the form of design work flow model in which the distributed components are integrated. To simulate the coupling of multi-discipline behaviors in a complex product design, the coupling formula is proposed to express the relations of different discipline behaviors. Based on the coupling formula, the coupling simulation can be run on the platform. Finally, a lifecycle performance prototype of an internal combustion engine is developed through the platform to verify the platform’s functions.

Modern Product Design Platform in Distributed Resource Environment

2010 ◽  
Vol 118-120 ◽  
pp. 795-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Dong Dai ◽  
Xue Fen Ma
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Distributed Design ◽  
Concept Design ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Distributed Resources ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Design Resources

The resources that product design relies on are more distributed than ever along with the varying of the global design environment. More and more resources outside of enterprises are needed during the product design process. The Modern Product Design platform supporting the product design under the circumstance of distributed resources will meet the requirement of the enterprise's product design and development under such conditions, and will simplify the implementation of the IT support system for integration of design resources outside of enterprises. In this paper the characteristics and supporting technologies of product modern design platform, which supporting the distributed design resource circumstance and centering on the enterprise, are studied. The building method of the platform is presented and a prototype of the product design platform is developed. Three subsystems are included in the platform; they are product requirements analysis system, product design planning system and design knowledge management system. Many design tasks can be supported on the platform, such as product requirement analysis, concept design, detail design, and experiment. The distributing, implementing, tracking and managing of product design lifecycle tasks can also be supported on the platform. The distributed design resources could be sealed as application components to provide design services. Design work flow model and knowledge flow model are built and controlled on the design platform. The design knowledge is managed based on the Six-Dimension Knowledge Classification.

An Investigation of Catalogued Product Development Information at a Major Consumer Products Company

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Hoffman ◽  
Steven B. Shooter ◽  
Simon Szykman ◽  
Steven J. Fenves
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Storage And Retrieval ◽  
Documentation Quality ◽  
Front End ◽  
Information Flow Model

Abstract A study of product development practices at a major consumer product manufacturer, referred to as Company X, was undertaken to compare its methods to an earlier effort in modeling the flow of information in product design, referred to as the Design Information Flow Model. The model considers the recognized need in industry for the seamless capture, storage, and retrieval of design information. The research at Company X focused on the front end of product design, that is, the conceptual phase. It was learned that design, as defined by the Information Flow Model, is well represented at the front end of the company’s design process. However, this validation effort succeeded in uncovering certain voids, particularly in later states of the model. It was also learned that product documentation quality and quantity at Company X vary from project to project, indicating an important aspect to consider in our efforts to enhance computer-aided product design is the user.

Retrieval and Clustering for Multiple Disciplines Design Knowledge Based on Ontology and Semantic

2013 ◽  
Vol 300-301 ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Hai Zhang ◽  
Yu Sheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Retrieval ◽  
Calculation Methods ◽  
Specific Calculation ◽  
Complex Product ◽  
The Third ◽  
Knowledge Based

This paper presents a new kind of retrieval and clustering solution for multiple disciplines design knowledge during complex product development. The main contributions of this study can be focused on four points: The first is to distinguish the concepts and contents of ontology theories and semantic web. The second is to map the distinction and relationship between concepts to similarity and correlation of product design knowledge. The substances of conceptual hierarchy are introduced and their formal descriptions are given in the article. The third is to explore the specific calculation methods for semantic similarity and relevancy using the above theories and approaches. Finally, a model for design knowledge retrieval if proposed, and the tactics for knowledge retrieval and clustering are given.

Research on a Platform for Developing Virtual Prototype of Automatic Transmission

2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 1333-1336
Author(s):  
Jiu Mei Xiao ◽  
Xian Kun Wang ◽  
Jiao Lei ◽  
Qing Nan Lai ◽  
Jia Jun Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Automatic Transmission ◽  
Virtual Prototype ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Function Model ◽  
Current Product ◽  
Concurrent Development ◽  
Virtual Prototype Technology

Based on analyzing the shortcomings of the current product development mode and methods of the automatic transmission, and on the principle of virtual prototype technology(VPT) and the thought of business process re-engineering (BPR), a concurrent development flow model suitable for virtual automatic transmission prototype(VATP) was established. The function model and the architecture of the platform for developing the VATP were also described in detail. Finally, the ideas for solving some key technological problems faced during implementing the platform were discussed in this paper.

Truck Redesign Case: Simulating the Target Costing Process in a Product Design Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Everaert ◽  
Dan W. Swenson
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Target Costing ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Goal Setting Theory ◽  
Setting Theory

ABSTRACT This active learning exercise simulates the target costing process and demonstrates how a management theory (goal setting theory) is relevant to a business improvement initiative (target costing). As part of the target costing simulation, student participants work in teams to address a business issue (product development) that moves across functional boundaries. The simulation begins with students learning how to assemble a model truck and calculate its product cost using activity-based costing. Students are then divided into teams and instructed to reduce the truck's cost through a redesign exercise, subject to certain customer requirements and quality constraints. Typically, the teams achieve cost reduction by eliminating unnecessary parts, by using less expensive parts, and by using less part variety. This exercise provides a unique opportunity for students to actively participate in a redesign exercise. It results in student teams creating a wide variety of truck designs with vastly different product costs. The case ends by having a discussion about target costing, goal setting theory, and the implications of the target costing simulation. This simulation contains a number of specific learning objectives. First, students learn how the greatest opportunity for cost reduction occurs during the product design stage of the product development cycle. Second, students see firsthand how design-change decisions affect a product's costs, and the role of the cost information in guiding those decisions. Third, students experience the cross-functional interaction that occurs between sales and marketing, design engineering, and accounting during product development. Finally, this exercise helps students understand the concept of target costing. The simulation is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate management accounting classes. Data Availability:  For more information about this case, contact the first author at [email protected].

Proposed Method for Sustainability Development of Consumable Goods

2014 ◽  
Vol 1061-1062 ◽  
pp. 1233-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pâmela Teixeira Fernandes ◽  
Osíris Canciglieri ◽  
Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Sant’Anna
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Promising Solution ◽  
Sustainable Projects

This paper presents the findings of research exploring how designers could to evaluate and insert sustainability requirements in product design during the initial stages of the product development process. It describes the process of development of the method for sustainability consumable goods based from a literature review and explores its application in the development of packaging for cosmetic. The results show that the use of the method may be a promising solution for sustainable projects, providing the insertion of the reasoning for the inclusion of product development oriented to sustainability as a complement to traditional project requirements that existing in the models of product development.

Process Control Method of Complex Product Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design System

2013 ◽  
Vol 712-715 ◽  
pp. 2888-2893
Author(s):  
Hai Qiang Liu ◽  
Ming Lv
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Design System ◽  
System Control ◽  
Complex Product ◽  
Product Design Process

In order to realize information sharing and interchange of complex product multidisciplinary collaborative design (MCD) design process and resources. The Process integrated system control of product multidisciplinary collaborative design was analyzed firstly in this paper, then design process of complex product for supporting multidisciplinary collaborative was introduced, a detailed description is given of the organization structure and modeling process of MCD-oriented Integration of Product Design Meta-model ; and concrete implement process of process integrated system control method was introduced to effectively realize information sharing and interchange between product design process and resources.

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