...Jesús F. Lampón; Vincent Frigant; Pablo Cabanelas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the key factors behind the adoption of new automobile modular platforms from the perspectives of product design, manufacturing network and production systems. Design/methodology/approach...

... more efficient processing of products, capitalizing on commonalities and by supporting cross-functional and cross-boundary coordination through simplifying product designs. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the latter proposition, and especially the mediating role of internal, supplier...

... of this paper is to present an interactive system to enable product design for disassembly and to offer robust and quick design solutions based on designers’ input. The system utilizes an interactive questionnaire to communicate with the designer. The questionnaire is in the form of binary questions (Yes...

... is to provide insight into the requirements of a flexible assembly system for product design from the assembly system’s standpoint. Design/methodology/approach To fulfil the purpose of the paper, a literature review and a case study were performed. The case study was conducted with an interactive research...

... with respect to performance. Product design Integral Modular Manufacturing network Multiple-case study research In order to stay competitive, manufacturing firms need to design, manufacture and distribute products to customers, while taking into consideration the requirements of the global...

...@uh.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Product design Mass customization Agile manufacturing Manufacturing performance Manufacturing flexibility Optimization techniques The global competition entails the concepts of introducing high‐variety products with the minimum time...

..., communication equipment, computers to analyse data, etc.) and service elements (e.g. providing maintenance instructions to customers). Whilst existing product design approaches may help organisations design the product elements and service design approaches help design the service elements, the tight coupling...

...A.H.M. Shamsuzzoha; Petri T. Helo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to help organizational managers to keep track of the information management needed not only for product design and development but also to track between different organizational levels. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Angelo Corallo can be contacted at: angelo.corallo@ebms.unile.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Product development Product design Automation Knowledge engineering Aircraft engines New product development (NPD) is a highly knowledge‐intensive process. While developing new...

... The novelty of this paper is aimed for designers to study how they can adapt their future products used in PSS in a more beneficial way than in traditional product design. The paper shows ideas and general guidelines to follow which have been scarcely published. Remanufacturing is a process of returning...

...A.K.W. Lau; R.C.M. Yam Purpose Modular product design is a practice manufacturers frequently adopt to develop new products. Some literature has reported the importance of the modular product design and its effect on supply chain management. However, until now, very few empirical researches have...

... be misunderstood, requiring further communication. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Design Manufacturing Product design Internet Surveys The Internet is significantly affecting all aspects of product development, and the Internet is revolutionizing the whole product lifecycle process. It has improved...

... are evidenced and supported by a set of case examples conducted by the authors. Draws some lessons from these examples and speculates on the managerial and organizational implications. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Product design Customer requirements Suppliers Customers Knowledge management...

...Wen‐Chuan Chiang; Arunkumar Pennathur; Anil Mital Examines the product design and manufacturing literature to understand why consumer products of daily use often fail to provide the intended function to users’ satisfaction. The review shows that the bulk of published literature addressing...

... by recognizing and adopting functional requirement patterns from previous product designs so as to address a broad spectrum of domain‐specific customer requirements and organize requirement information for product specifications. The database system improves the product definition process during design...

... proportion of the cost of production of a product design (Charney, 1991). Therefore, the consideration of production aspects during conceptual design is most important in improving the efficiency of manufacture of designs. The implications of companies not considering production are enormous. Figure 2...

...Hubert K. Rampersad During recent years numerous design for assembly methods have been developed to optimize product design for robotic assembly and hence reduce assembly costs. Various bottlenecks in product design are, however, still encountered with the widespread application of robotic assembly...

..., refurbishment builds more difficult. The design is usually highly customized to individual user specifications and it is unlikely that the opportunity for making a prototype will exist. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Assembly Design for manufacture Integration Manufacturing Product design We define...

...Paul S. Wu; Tam Hon Yuen; Zhao Fuliang Examines the research of integrated product design. Several design strategies and methodologies have been proposed, yet none of them is particularly suitable for small‐to medium‐sized enterprises. Develops strategies of integrated product design for small...

... and information on how CIMple is used in practice. © MCB UP Limited 1995 CAD Evaluation Product design A review of the implications of computer integrated manufacturing and its wide range of perspectives Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) means different things to different people...