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Virtual Product Engineering Network crosses Industry and University Chasm
Bitzer, Michael; Handschuh, Sebastian; Langlotz, Martin // 2014
The engineering and design education across Europe can vary from countries and types of universities. With special focus on the situation in Germany this paper discusses an industrial view on the ...
VISUAL MODELLING OF PILOT PRODUCTION TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING IN PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT
Ravn, P.M.; Gudlaugsson ,T.V.; Mortensen, N.H. // 2014
This paper presents the development of a visual production model that emphasizes product variant creation, product characteristics definition, and benefits of updates to the production equipment. The ...
VISUAL REPRESENTATION FOR DEVELOPING MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES – LITERATURE REVIEW AND USE IN PRACTICE
Gebhardt, N.; Beckmann, G.; Krause, D. // 2014
Modular product families are a splendid strategy to offer variant products while maintaining a low internal variety. The paper highlights the use of visualisations of product structures and ...
VISUALIZATION OF INFORMATION TRACEABILITY IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Martinec ,T.; Pavkovic ,N. // 2014
Presented research reports on usage of computer-based diagramming tools towards establishing and visualizing traceability of engineering information in product development processes. Diagrams have ...
VISUALIZATION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY FUNCTIONAL RELATIONS IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Becerril, L.; Kasperek, D.; Roth ,M.; Lindemann, U. // 2014
Complex mechatronic systems are developed in an interdisciplinary environment. However, they are often represented in several single-discipline diagrams, leading to communication issues and ...
Visualization of Problems in Experience Sharing
Holmqvist, Johan; Ericson, Asa; Wenngren, Johan // 2014
The focus on knowledge management has long since been recognized in the literature and undoubtedly has benefited organizations. More recently, companies claim to be ‘knowledge-driven’. Indeed, the ...
Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architecture: A Flexibility Analysis (Members only )
Lagerstr // 2014
In this paper, we test a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) based method for visualizing and measuring software portfolio architectures, and use our measures to predict the costs of architectural change. ...
Vorgehensweise zur Gestaltung robuster Produktionssysteme am Beispiel der Automobilindustrie (Members only )
Schöttl, Florian; März, Daniel; Lindemann, Udo // 2014
Volatile influences from global markets force companies to be more flexible, sustainable and efficient. The product portfolio grows while sales per product variant decrease and product ...
Vorgehensweise zur Identifikation von Potenzialen für Wissensmanagementunterstützungen in der Produktentwicklung (Members only )
Laukemann, Alexander; Binz, Hansgeorg; Roth, Daniel // 2014
In the research field of knowledge-based product development, a variety of knowledge management methods is available. Some of these approaches and concepts currently enjoy high attention in ...
Waste as a Starting Point - How to Educate Design Students to Become Active Agents in Closing Material Loops
Ordo, Isabel // 2014
The Waste to Design project gives students a framework to do their thesis on trying to use industrial waste for new production. The first year of the project saw four theses, shedding light on the ...
WEIGHT AND COST REDUCTION OF THE THERMAL MANAGEMENT FOR TRACTION BATTERIES BY USING THE DSM METHODOLOGY
Luft ,T.; Klein ,F.; Wartzack, S. // 2014
This paper provides a methodology to reduce weight and costs of thermal management systems for traction batteries in vehicles by using value engineering approaches and a matrix-based product ...
Weight Optimization Approach for Conceptual Design - Requirements, Functions, Working Principles
Luedeke, Tobias; Bonertz, Romano; Vielhaber, Michael // 2014
Lightweight design and weight optimization in general are seen as one promising of many approaches to create products and services in a sustainable and resource efficient way. However, most of the ...
WEIGHT OPTIMIZATION WITH A MECHATRONIC DESIGN CATALOGUE
Luedeke, T.; Scheid ,S.; Vielhaber, M. // 2014
In a wider context of sustainable product engineering, this contribution presents an approach to a design catalogue consisting of mechatronic concepts and systems which can be used for weight ...
What Do Coupling Modularity Metrics Measure?
H, Katja // 2014
The multiple potential benefits of modular design have led to many efforts to help increase the level of modularity as part of system development. In order to measure the desired change in the level ...
When Global Design Meets European Global Product Realisation- Design Techniques and Challenges
Advani, Resham; Frost, Katherine; Gwashavanhu, Elton; Linda, Sara; Rane, Sham; Read, Matthew; Samatar, Mohamoud; Shafiq, Sultan; Sharif, Mohammed // 2014
This paper explains the effect of group collaboration via distance communication with the emphasis on designing a new product. It furthermore highlights the challenges and barriers encountered during ...
Where Design and Electronics Meet: Integrate Electronics in Product Design
Varekamp, Tommie; Keller, Ianus; Geraedts, Jo // 2014
In the last decade inexpensive digital electronic components have become accessible for the field of product design, making it possible to integrate electronics in all kinds of products. By using ...
Where's my Robot? Integrating Human Technology Relations in the Design Curriculum
Eggink, Wouter // 2014
In today’s society, and in almost every forecast for the future, technology development plays a major role. From theories in Science & Technology Studies we learn that the development of new ...
Why Designers and Philosophers Should Meet in School
Stam, Liesbeth; Eggink, Wouter // 2014
Many scholars who study user-technology relations have shown from different perspectives that such relations are mutually constructive: users shape technology, and technology shapes users. This ...
Widening the Interpretation of Assistive Devices – A Designer’s Approach to Assistive Technology
Grieg, Jesper; Keitsch, Martina Maria; Boks, Casper // 2014
Assistive technology (AT) has traditionally focused on being ergonomic, functional and useful. The main aesthetic design maxim has been discretion, as in disguising or hiding the device. However, ...
Wissensbasierte nachhaltige Produktentwicklung - Systematische Auswahl und Kombination von Methoden zur Entscheidungsunterst (Members only )
Buchert, Tom; Halstenberg, Friedrich; Adolphy, Sebastian; Lindow, Kai; Stark, Rainer // 2014
Today a wide range of approaches is at hand to support tasks in the development of more sustainable products. However methods and tools available provide only punctual support for ...
Wissensbasierte Navigation für die lärmreduzierte Auslegung rotierender Maschinen in der Produktentwicklung (Members only )
Küstner, Christof; Wartzack, Sandro // 2014
Today, product developer face the challenge taking not only the requirements for mechanical properties of a product into account, but also other requirements like the acoustical ...
Workshop “Product Design for Elderly” in China: Design Education and Experience
Langeveld, Lau // 2014
The summer workshop is held in Beijing, China from 15th of July to 3rd of August 2013 with 32 participants from five different Universities in Beijing. The objectives are getting experienced and ...
World Design Cities
Sosa, Ricardo; Wood, Kris L. // 2014
Can Singapore become a world design city? This short paper frames this question in the context of international studies of innovation, creativity and design. It then presents results from a recent ...
“We Try to Listen – But Do We Understand?” An Explorative Study about User Involvement in Technology-Driven Organisations
Abrell, Thomas; Benker, Andreas // 2014
Technology-driven organisations are facing new challenges to gain a competitive advantage. It becomes even more challenging to be a step ahead of the competition through technical advance while ...
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Find rows that contain both words. - +design community
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Find rows that contain the words “design” and “community”, or “design” and “decisions” (in any order), but rank “design community” higher than “design decisions” - design*
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