...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...

... (Olhager et al., 2015). An important aspect which needs to be considered is the products which flow through the network, not least the product design, which itself is a significant source for creating supply chain complexity and cost (Christopher, 2011). For some time, scholars in operations...

... and process configuration, and real time data extraction. Tseng et al. (2010) introduced a new concept of product design through personalization of individual customer taste, traits, innate needs, and experience. This new concept effectively and efficiently satisfies individual needs opposed...

... for subsequent interviews (Figure 3). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Manufacturing industries Product design Customer service Servitization Product‐service system Design process The concept of manufacturers providing services is not new (Schmenner, 2009). Indeed, Levitt (1972...

...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...

... 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 ideas and products, companies generate vast amounts of knowledge which is stored...

... 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. Product design Product life cycle Sweden...

...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...

... 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 and enhanced industrial capability in design and manufacturing. It is clearly evident...

...” and information (Pawar and Sharifi, 2000). There is more organicism than rigidity, emergence than deliberation. In this article we examine the nature of collaborative relationship in product design and development within the context of concurrent enterprising. Traditionally, customer‐designer relationship...

...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...

... been identified as the most crucial for the successful introduction of new products (Hollins and Pugh, 1990; Pawar et al., 1993). For instance, conceptual design has been shown to determine the overwhelming proportion of the cost of production of a product design (Charney, 1991). Therefore...

...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...

... Design for manufacture Integration Manufacturing Product design The increasing adoption of integrated design and manufacturing systems, such as design for assembly (DFA), in the mid to high volume production has been a success story of the 1980s[ 1 ] and has contributed to the success...

...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...

... is deemed to be comfortable to hold. Computer assisted design Evaluation Product design Addresses how to estimate the success of a product when at the concept stage In the past ten years or so there has been a shift in emphasis towards manufactured goods in that we have passed through...