Method for Evaluating the Value of Technology in the Manufacturing Industry

Mämmelä, Janne; Juuti, Tero; Julkunen, Pasi; Lemmetty, Pauli; Pakkanen, Jarkko

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48021-9_94

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“…The Technology input could be managed by using e.g. Technology Maps (Zavareh, Sadaune, Siedler, Aurich, & Klaus, 2018) or other technology evaluations processes (Mämmelä et al, 2018). Key performance Indicators have been shown to support the development of product families (Schmidt, Schwöbel, & Lienkamp, 2018).…”

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Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design

Fernandez¹

2020

Balancing Innovation and Operation

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Integrating new technologies in existing product platforms presents challenges not only when the decision of going ahead with the integration is taken, but also in the earlier design of the platform structure to accommodate hypothetical changes in the future. Common heuristics do no guarantee that the optimum solution can be found to these kinds of problems, and biases lead to systematic distortions in decision-making. Additionally with the global zeitgeist around sustainable development, decision makers will increasingly ask for paths to many different versions of success, not just the traditional profit maximization one. A set of common models that accompanies the product platform all through its lifecycle to support decision makers can enable better fulfilment of the expectations of all stakeholders. But it is difficult to unify and objectively gather the views of multiple stakeholder simultaneously. An interactive modelbased decision making support system is proposed as a tool to solve the mentioned challenges. In this paper we describe and experiment with the main technological foundations of such a tool. These include an web-based front end, and a real-time NoSQL database in the back end. The client web application (webapp) enables user inputs, runs quantitative models, and visualizes results. The database records results and enables the use of common inputs and common visualization of the results. The models that run directly in the client are developed offline and can be continuously deployed with no downtime for concurrent users. The technology stack used demonstrates that rapid prototyping of tools using state-of-the-art web technologies provides quick results and enables researchers to make quick iterations that can be easily deployed in industrial use cases. The presented method is a new approach to providing digital support to the design process, by enabling better informed decisions during the product development process early phases. In this paper, an introduction and background to the problem and current state of the art is summarized, a method to approaching the topic is described, an experiment performed in front of a life audience is presented, and hints for future developments are considered in the discussion and conclusion sections.

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Section: Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design

Fernandez¹

2020

Balancing Innovation and Operation

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“…In other words, causal dispositions concerning technology are needed (L. . Technology evaluation methods that are based on understanding the product and value creation mechanisms of technology could therefore be beneficial for the product development/design practice (Mämmelä et al, 2018a;2018b). In this paper, key elements that need to be recognized in a DRP to evaluate the future possibilities of technology exploitation are (Mämmelä et al, 2018b):…”

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“…Pragmatic constructivism helps understand the motives of people and evaluate some of the possibilities related to new technologies. In all, our examination of technology management will include evaluating the future possibilities of a technology (Jang & Lee, 2013;Park & Park, 2004;Mämmelä et al, 2018b) by identifying the value creation mechanisms using causal dispositions (L. .…”

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“…In the AM case we were only looking at the components surfaces because the selected technology has only effects on those components areas. Mämmelä et al, 2018a).…”

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“…The reallife case study shows how the DRP could facilitate determining factual possibilities and realizing purposeful communication. The DRP is a tool that can be used as a structure for constructing information about factual possibilities of product features through their dispositions in relation to other aspects of the production system, which they are eventually manufactured and put to work in (Mämmelä, et al, 2018b). Here, dispositions are defined as the proactive truth (or predictions) about the link between a product feature and the respective future product life cycle and value capture therein.…”

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The aim of this paper is to the advance pragmatic constructivist understanding about communication in the productdevelopment context. In particular, the paper provides new understanding about how proactive truth about designknowledge can be constructed and communicated within product development actors. The paper shows how companyrepresentatives in the manufacturing environment, e.g., managers and engineers can together understand the customervalue-creation mechanisms of a specific product and integrate their expert knowledge into visual form. Building thecollective understanding requires communication between these actors. Ultimately, the actors may be able to construct auseful proactive truth about related business potentials and thereby support technology management in the productdevelopment context.

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This research elaborates the engineering design of high value low volume (HVLV) artefacts (aka Capital goods, investment goods). Our goal is to describe what information needs the practitioners have when doing sales engineering and engineering in HVLV projects. The research approach uses Design Research Methodology with four company cases.Our findings are that engineering design of HVLV artefacts reuses several module systems, module libraries, technology catalogues, engineering-to-order and variety of design support systems, configurators, design guidelines, parametric models and lean-based design reasoning patterns etc. This poses major challenges for the engineers; how to use all relevant information and how to find it from different IT-systems.This study indicates that in HVLV context such engineering strategy is required, which guides and drives tactical and operational engineering decisions not only within a project delivery but across project deliveries. Operative and tactical engineering is done during the delivery project and value capture is not achieved in full potential if the engineering strategy is neglected or overruled. This is challenge for current modularisation and ETO-methods and tools.

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Method for Evaluating the Value of Technology in the Manufacturing Industry

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Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design

Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design

Communicating design knowledge to support technology management in the manufacturing industry:

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