Beyond Product Architecture: Division of Labour and Competence Accumulation in Complex Product Development

Abstract Product architecture can have a significant impact on a product’s life-cycle and its development time. Modular product architecture allows for easy disassembly upon product retirement and allows for wide product variety. In a small company, the team structure of the company can correspond to the modules, and modules can be used across product lines. By using similar modules from one generation to the next, product development time can be reduced. The methodology described in this paper gives a small company the framework from which to develop modular products.

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Research on an Information Integration Framework on the Large Complex Product Development PMIS with ERP

Materials Science Forum - Advances in Materials Manufacturing Science and Technology II ◽

10.4028/0-87849-421-9.917 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 917-920

Author(s):

Song Zheng Zhao ◽

Ming Yin

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Information Integration ◽

Integration Framework ◽

Complex Product ◽

Large Complex

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A HLA-Enabling Method in Collaborative Simulation Environment for Complex Product Development

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.16-19.234 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 16-19 ◽

pp. 234-238

Author(s):

Miao Miao Fan ◽

Yu Shun Fan

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

Prototype System ◽

High Fidelity ◽

Simulation Environment ◽

Agent Model ◽

Complex Product ◽

Collaborative Simulation ◽

Forging Manipulator ◽

Abaqus Software

HLA-based collaborative simulation is an effective way to integrate different disciplinary models together for the design and development of complex product. In this paper, the HLA-enabling method based on HLA agent model is proposed to make models created through commercial software compatible with HLA standard. Next, a prototype system for forging manipulator system based on such HLA-enabling method is developed accordingly, where an approach of developing ABAQUS engine agent is proposed, which solves the difficulty of wrapping ABAQUS software. Finally, a case study on forging and manipulating process is conducted and verifies the high fidelity and effectiveness of our collaborative simulation technology.

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Toward a Method for Improving Product Architecture Solutions by Integrating Designs for Assembly, Disassembly and Maintenance

Volume 3: Design, Materials and Manufacturing, Parts A, B, and C ◽

10.1115/imece2012-87466 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Dagman ◽

Rikard Söderberg

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Product Development ◽

Product Life Cycle ◽

Development Process ◽

Business Models ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Product Development Process ◽

Product Architecture ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Maintenance And Repair

New customer demands and increased legislation drive business-oriented companies into new business models focusing on the entire life cycle of the product. This forces the manufacturing companies into service-oriented solutions as a compliment to the original business areas. Takata [1] postulates that “the goal is no longer to produce products in an efficient way, but rather to provide the functions needed by society while minimizing material and energy consumption”. This new situation affects the product requirements as well as product development process (PD). When focusing on the entire product life cycle, product aspects such as maintenance and repair will receive more attention since the companies will be responsible for them. In the product development process of today, especially in the automotive industry, maintenance and repair aspects (repair and maintenance methods and manuals, for example) are currently taken care of when the product is more or less fully developed. Maintenance and repair requirements are difficult to quantify in terms of core product properties (for vehicles, cost, CO2 emissions, weight, and so on). This leads to difficulties in equally considering maintenance and repair requirements while balancing vast amounts of product requirements. This paper focuses on a comparison and discussion of existing design guidelines affecting the structure and organization of parts in an assembled consumer product, such as Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Maintenance (DFMa), Design for Service (DFS) and Design for Disassembly (DFD) methods. A tool for evaluation and analyzing product architecture as well as assemblability and maintainability is proposed.

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