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Product Development Process Architecture of Diverse Engineering Systems — An Empirical Study
Shaja.A. S; Sudhakar. K // 2009
Engineering design process is used by engineers to develop products and comprises of enormous number of interdependent tasks. Literature shows that understanding the interaction of tasks is important ...
Product Family Deployment Strategies under Different Types of Product Variety Design Circumstances
Fujita, Kikuo; Akai, Ryota; Amaya, Hirofumi // 2009
As product variety design has become an effective framework for mass customization, product platform and family design has been intensively studied in the last two decades. While their focuses have ...
Product Information Models to Capture and Manage Complex Product Designs
Callahan, S. // 2009
Product Portfolio Decisions in Non-Dominated Function Spaces
Dabbeeru,Mohan Madan; Mukerjee,Amitabha; Boob,Neha // 2009
Product portfolio optimization is the problem of providing the widest variety of functions while minimizing the product variety. Here we propose a novel approach based on functionality modeling for ...
Product Robustness as a Basis for the Improvement of Production Planning Processes - Key Factors in Early Design Phases
Helten, Katharina; Hellenbrand, David; Lindemann, Udo // 2009
Given the growing change of market conditions worldwide production planning is facing new challenges. Different conditions in terms of operating resources, knowledge and quality ask for more flexible ...
Produktionsgerechte Produktgestaltung für Motorkomponenten im Automobilbau (abstract only)
Räse, U. // 2009
Durch den zunehmenden internationalen Wettbewerbsdruck sehen sich Zulieferer im Automobilbau gezwungen sowohl an eine Effizienzsteigerung ihrer Komponenten (schneller, leichter, weniger ...
Project Management System for Adaptive Product Development
Kanie, J. // 2009
Projects into industry - taking academic ideas on parametric modelling to industry
Dowlen, Chris // 2009
This describes two instances where parametric CAD modelling has been used to good effect in industrial-based projects, reducing significantly the time taken in the design stage as a result. The ...
Properties of Elementary Structural Elements for Synthesis of Conceptual Technical Systems
c.Rihtarši,Janez; Žavbi, Roman ; Duhovnik,Jože // 2009
Structural synthesis of conceptual technical systems is a result of transformation from the functional domain into the structural domain. To enable semi-automated synthesis of conceptual technical ...
Proposition of a Maturity Grid to Assess NPD Agility
Wieder, Charlotte; Le Dain, Marie-Anne; Blanco, Eric // 2009
Since the mid 90's, the manufacturers need to renew continuously their product offers, to thrive in more competitive and turbulent markets. However, the implementation of continuous innovation ...
Prototyping to Learn: Characterizing Engineering Students’ Prototyping Activities and Prototypes
Lande, Micah; Leifer, Larry // 2009
Prototyping is an activity core to designing and engineering, though an activity that has traditionally been under examined. Through observations of students' prototyping activities during a ...
Prototyping — A Way to Think Together
Bergström,Mattias; Ericson,Åsa // 2009
The descriptive study presented in this paper is based on the empirical data generated by observing a global student design team. Their prototyping process are described and discussed to feed input ...
Prototyping: Facing Uncertainty through Small Wins
Gerber, Elizabeth // 2009
Design is a learning process in which new knowledge is constructed and used to shape the environment in ways that did not previously exist. Because design is about creating that which does not yet ...
Providing Value to a Business Using a Lightweight Design System to Support Knowledge Reuse by Designers
Reed, Nicholas J.; Scanlan, James P.; Wills, Gary B.; Halliday, Steven T. // 2009
This paper describes an alternative approach to knowledge based systems in engineering than traditional geometry or explicit knowledge focused systems. Past systems have supported product ...
Quantifying Designer’s Mental Stress in the Conceptual Design Process Using Kinesics Study
Tang, Yao; Zeng, Yong // 2009
In this paper, a new approach is proposed to evaluate the designer's mental stress during the conceptual design process. Combined with designer's sketches, the proposed approach is based on ...
Realization of Modern Educational Concepts in Engineering Design
Meerkamm, Harald; Stockinger, Andreas; Tremmel, Stephan; Wartzack, Sandro // 2009
This paper gives an overview of engineering design education at University .... Due to the transformation of the traditional German degree programs to an educational system based on two cycles ...
Recycling traditional designs. a practical approach
Al-Faisal, Hanan Faisal // 2009
Understanding and identifying local design features should not be a design problem; on the contrary, traditional design features should act as design tools and a source of inspiration. The lack of ...
Redesign Method of Manufacturing Technologies Based on Environmental Performance Evaluation
Mishima, Nozomu; Kondoh, Shinsuke; Hotta, Yuji; Watari, Koji; Yasuoka, Masayoshi; Masui, Keijiro // 2009
To achieve sustainable society, many efforts in reducing environmental impact of manufacturing have been tried. However, for engineers, enhancing manufacturing quality has long been the most ...
Reducing and Perceiving Design Fixation: Initial Results from an NSF-Sponsored Workshop
Linsey, Julie; Tseng, Ian; Fu, Katherine; Cagan, Jonathan; Wood, Kristin // 2009
This study evaluated the effects of design fixation in a group of engineering design faculty, and also provides evidence for approaches to overcome design fixation. Three conditions were compared, a ...
Reducing Lead Time in Cutting Tool Development By Implementing Blitz QFD
Bylund, Nicklas; Wolf, Mathias; Mazur, Glen // 2009
A cutting tool producer aims to reduce the lead time from finding customer needs to achieving peak sales. There are many approaches to improving a company's new product development process in ...
Reflection on effects and students' acceptance of methodical competence trainings
Geis, Christian; Birkhofer, Herbert // 2009
A methodical procedure can assist design teams in developing innovative and successful products. Nevertheless, university education often neglects the aspects of methodical teamwork. In this paper we ...
Relational DSMs in Connectivity Complexity Measurement
Mathieson, J.; Summers, J. // 2009
Repacking Design Theory in Green
Nay, Eric Matthew // 2009
Rethinking "design thinking" as a curricular exercise takes on extra cache as the Ontario College of Art & Design rebrands and repositions itself within the landscape of art and design ...
Representation of Time in (Static) Visual Narratives
Pimenta,Sherline; Poovaiah,Ravi // 2009
The depiction of a story by pictorial means involves the problem of a relationship between literature on the one hand and the representational arts on the other. The protagonist of the story together ...
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