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STAKEHOLDER CENTRED APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: A CASE STUDY OF CO-DESIGNING COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES FOR LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
Pahk, Yoonyee; Baek, JoonSang // 2015
The demand for creating shared values has emerged as a new direction in a society in which the mutual prosperity of all stakeholders is often undermined and sacrificed for the benefit of a few. For a ...
STAKEHOLDERS’ DIVERGING PERCEPTIONS OF PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS: IMPLICATIONS IN THE DESIGN PRACTICE
Borgianni, Yuri; Rotini, Federico // 2015
A relevant challenge of firms developing new products stands in the capability to fulfil the requirements customers expect, which can give rise to design conflicts. Many techniques consider the ...
STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY SOCIAL NETWORKS IN EARLY DESIGN PHASES (IDEA GENERATION)
Escandon-Quintanilla, Ma-Lorena; Jimenez-Narvaez, Luz-Maria; Gardoni, Mickael // 2015
For companies to be innovative, they need to look outside their boundaries and exchange knowledge, with crowdsourcing being an increasingly interesting idea given the potential of participation that ...
STRENGTH MAPPING ALGORITHM (SMA) FOR BIOMECHANICAL HUMAN MODELLING USING EMPIRICAL POPULATION DATA
Miehling, Joerg; Wartzack, Sandro // 2015
Despite the increasing level of detail in biomechanical simulation, human models are not yet valid to represent specific individuals or populations. Therefore, the generic models need adaptation to ...
STRUCTURE-BASED SYSTEM DYNAMICS ANALYSIS- A CASE STUDY OF BENCHMARKING PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Kasperek, Daniel; Berger, Sandra; Maisenbacher, Sebastian; Lindemann, Udo; Maurer, Maik // 2015
In this paper, we present a case study in collaboration with MAN Truck & Bus AG which shows the application of the concept of structure-based System Dynamics analysis. The structure-based System ...
Structuring a Product Development Organization Based on the Product Architecture and Communication (Members only )
Luna, R. R.; Eppinger, S. D. // 2015
This paper demonstrates a method to structure a complex system development organization based on both the product architecture and the technical communication exchange. This is accomplished using two ...
STRUCTURING PERCEIVED QUALITY ATTRIBUTES FOR USE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
Stylidis, Konstantinos; Landahl, Jonas; Wickman, Casper; Johannesson, Hans; Soederberg, Rikard // 2015
Perceived quality has received much attention the last decade, mainly in the automotive industry. The focal drivers are the competitiveness within the premium segment, and customers’ high demands. ...
STUDENT DESIGN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FROM CONCEPT TO RETAIL IN NINETY DAYS
Elaver, Richard // 2015
The intent of this paper is to outline the need and benefit of integrating design entrepreneurship
training in product design education, and to provide a case-study for how to create an ...
STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS THROUGH COMBINED VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, PLM AND SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
Doumit, Nancy; Fortin, Clément; Huet, Gregory // 2015
With globalization and increasing product complexity, manufacturing industries are experiencing increased user demands to incorporate informal exchange mechanisms especially when it coMES to ...
STUDY ON A DETERMINATION OF DESIGN POLICIES FOR SOLAR-BOATS WITH DIFFERENT DESIGN PHILOSOPHIES
Oizumi, Kazuya; Aoyama, Kazuhiro // 2015
As complexity of products increased, management of product design becomes difficult. For better management of product design, a method for the determination of design policy based on extended quality ...
SUBJECT LINES AS SENSORS: CO-WORD ANALYSIS OF EMAIL TO SUPPORT THE MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING WORK
Jones, Simon L.; Payne, Stephen J.; Hicks, Ben J.; Gopsill, JaMES A.; Snider, Chris; Shi, Lei // 2015
This paper presents a topic-based analysis of email subject line data from a large-scale engineering project and explores its utility for supporting the management of collaborative work. The main ...
SUBSTITUTING CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING FOR SUSTAINABLE, NEAR NET SHAPE GROWN COMPONENTS
Löwer, Manuel; Beger, Anna-Lena; Feldhusen, Jörg; Wormit, Alexandra; Prell, Jürgen; Usadel, Björn; Seiler, Thomas-Benjamin; Kämpfer, Christoph; Hollert, Henner; Moser, Franziska; Trautz, Martin // 2015
Society s demand for ecologically produced and sustainably operable goods is a key driver to substitute conventional substances such as metals or plastics. Most of today s eco-design approaches are ...
Supplementing Morphological Analysis with a Design Structure Matris for Policy Formulation in a Wastewater Treatment Plant (Members only )
Buzuku, S.; Kraslawski, A.; Harmaa, K. // 2015
Morphological analysis (MA) and Design Structure Matrix (DSM) approaches are methods that have shown their potential for modeling complex systems, including environmental management. We argue that ...
SUPPORT OF THE SYSTEM INTEGRATION WITH AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BEHAVIOUR MODELS
Kößler, Johannes; Paetzold, Kristin // 2015
The development of technical systems is faced with an increasing complexity. A reason for this is the growing number of domains working together for a final product. Thereby the system integration is ...
SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTALLY-BENIGN DESIGN - ELUCIDATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROPAGATION IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE BY SAPPHIRE MODEL OF CAUSALITY
Acharya, Shakuntala; Chakrabarti, Amaresh // 2015
Conceptual Design Phase is the most critical for design decisions and their impact on the Environment. It is also a phase of many ‘unknowns’ making it flexible and allowing exploration of many ...
SUPPORTING IDEA GENERATION THROUGH FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION: AN ALTERNATIVE FRAMING FOR DESIGN HEURISTICS
Gray, Colin M.; Yilmaz, Seda; Daly, Shanna; Seifert, Colleen M.; Gonzalez, Richard // 2015
This study explored how guided ideation can support concept initiation and development. We conducted a set of in-class activities in a junior-level industrial design studio at a large Midwestern US ...
SUPPORTING NEED SEEKER INNOVATION: THE RADICAL INNOVATION DESIGN METHODOLOGY
Yannou, Bernard // 2015
Driven by a utilitarian perspective, the question of useful innovation and creating essential values is set. Such innovation should lead to cover or alleviate significant pains which are not ...
SUPPORTING THE CONFIGURATION OF NEW PRODUCT VARIANTS BY REUSING THE IMPLICIT KNOWLEDGE OF PAST SOLUTIONS
Malatesta, Marco; Cicconi, Paolo; Raffaeli, Roberto; Germani, Michele // 2015
The market globalization pushes for ever new products in order to reach new niches. In the household appliances field, the marketing specialists daily configure new combinations of numerous ...
SUPPORTING VALIDATION ACTIVITIES AND SELFREFLECTION PROCESSES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN TEAMS
Matthiesen, Sven; Schmidt, Sebastian; Klingler, Simon; Pinner, Tobias; Eisenmann, Matthias; Ludwig, Julian; Hohmann, Soeren; Albers, Albert // 2015
In order to fulfil customer demands with today’s complex mechatronic products, verification and
validation activities are crucial elements within a product development process [1]. These ...
SURGICAL APPLIANCE DESIGN THROUGH STUDENT CO-CREATION AT PAL-WEEK
Garland (1), Nigel; Khan, Zulfiqar; O’Kane (2), Peter // 2015
PAL-Week has been developed out of the desire to transition 1st year UG Design Engineering
student’s learning responsibility and frame the expectation of their University experience ...
SURPRISE AS A SITUATED PHENOMENON
Becattini, Niccolo; Borgianni, Yuri; Cascini, Gaetano; Rotini, Federico // 2015
Among the studies dedicated to design creativity, a significant attention is given to the investigation of its dimensions, such as novelty and usefulness. The underlying assumption is that an ...
SUSTAINABILITY OF MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES
Bahns, Tammo; Beckmann, Gregor; Gebhardt, Nicolas; Krause, Dieter // 2015
A global customer base demanding highly individual products often forces companies to offer a wide range of products. Commonality within modular product families allows great product variety through ...
Sustenance of Languishing Traditional Crafts Through Design and Processes Interventions: Leather Toy Craft
Jha, S. K. // 2015
The Leather Toy Craft is spread in the geographical areas of Indore and Ujjain districts in Madhya Pradesh state in India. Once upon a time, this was a great source of income for thousands of skilled ...
SYNTHESIS OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR SENSORS USING SAPPHIRE-LITE
Sarkar, Biplab; Chakrabarti, Amaresh; Ananthasuresh, G.K // 2015
The demand for variety of products and the shorter time to market is encouraging designers to adopt computer aided concept generation techniques. One such technique is being explored here. The ...
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