GENERIC PRODUCT STRUCTURE OF THE CONFIGURABLE PRODUCT
DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2004
Editor: Marjanovic D.
Author: Pavlic, D.; Storga, M.; Bojcetic, N.; Marjanovic, D.
Section: DESIGN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Page(s): 459 - 464
Abstract
This paper concentrates on the generic product structure of the configurable product. A generic product structure refers to the data description that represents modular product architectures, requirements, constraints and their values. The modular architecture used in the generic product structure consists of the generic modules and the instances of the generic modules. The generic modules enable defining a configurable product on which all variants of the product family are based. Further diversification of generic modules into module instances enables defining each module instance by the customer’s demands. A concept of the generic product structure is developed according to the STEP standard.
Keywords: generic product structure, configurable product, modular architecture, product family, mass customization