... to illustrate h. : Robust design, product families, design for , make-to-order systems ATURE a of Heat Exchange orber orber tube of type i regated Product portional factor in burden cost estimation Labor Labor Hours L Tube Length LT Normalized Tube Length M Target Na Number of Tubes of the Absorber Ne Number...

... electric motors that are also compared against a benchmark group of individually designed motors. The focus in this paper, however, is on the PPCEM and not on the results, per se . product variety product families product platforms commonality Proceedings of DETC99 1999 ASME Design Engineering...

... the state of the art in product family and product platform design, we describe the Product Platform Concept Exploration Method (PPCEM) for designing common product platforms that can be scaled or “stretched” into a suitable family of products. This paper extends previous work by the authors through...

... rather than the results, per se . product platforms product families linear physical programming Proceedings of DETCOO/DAC 2000 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference September 10-13, 2000, Baltimore, Maryland DETC2000/DAC-14288 A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINING PRODUCT PLATFORM...

... segment, creating a product platform for the yoke cross-section, and defining the yoke product family. The proposed modular architecture for pattern construction reduces the number of new yoke patterns needed for manufacturing, which will generate the most significant savings. Implementation of the yoke...

... is able to cope with engineering changes extended to product families. The proposed tool is based on a multilevel representation of the product structure, where functions, modules and physical parts are defined and interrelated. This system allows evaluating the consequences of engineering changes...

... 24 07 2009 With the increasing stratification of customer preferences, companies must offer a number of options to remain competitive. Current methodologies, such as product families, seek to offer more options to the consumer while minimizing costs to the company. Customizable...

... 24 07 2009 Development of product families involves an interplay of common and differentiating features to address market segments. Considerable research has been conducted by the engineering community to support the development of product families from a product characteristic...

... 19 06 2008 In this paper, a methodology is presented to determine the optimum number of product platforms to maximize overall product family profit with simplifying assumptions. This methodology is attempting to aid various manufacturing industries who are seeking ways to reduce...

... a product family that meets a wide range of customer choices but at a minimum cost so as to maximize the profit margin. These two objectives, choice and profit margin, are not as contradictory as they seem. In this paper, we show that by using a set of systematic methods a company can identify the essential...

... platforms product families compromise Decision Support Problem utility theory Proceedings of DETC 02 ASME 2002 Design Engineering Technical Conferences Montreal, Canada, September 29 October 2, 2002 R D NG rokh atio ool te of ia 3 Cor that influence the embodiment of product platforms as well...

... of products has made it more difficult for companies that develop only one product at a time to maintain competitive production costs and reclaim market share. By designing a product family based on a robust product platform, overall production cost can be more competitive than competitors selling one product...