On the integration of product and process models in engineering design

Eckert, Claudia; Wynn, David C.; Maier, Jakob; Albers, Albert; Bursac, Nikola; Chen, Hilario L. Xin; Clarkson, PJ; Gericke, Kilian; Gładysz, Bartłomiej

doi:10.1017/dsj.2017.2

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“…Eckert et al (2017) argue that such models could be useful to guide trade-offs between design characteristics and process performance. For example, they might help to decide whether design changes should be accepted during a project, considering whether the design improvements would justify the additional time and effort in the development process.…”

Section: Domain-integrating Task Network Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Process models in design and development

2017

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Many models of the design and development process have been published over the years, representing it for different purposes and from different points of view. This article contributes an organising framework that clarifies the topology of the literature on these models and thereby relates the main perspectives that have been developed. The main categories of model are introduced. Their contexts, advantages, and limitations are considered through discussion of selected examples. It is demonstrated that the framework integrates coverage of earlier reviews and as such provides a new perspective on the literature. Finally, key characteristics of design and development process models are discussed considering their applications in practice, and opportunities for further research are suggested. Overall, the article should aid researchers in positioning new models and new modelling approaches in relation to state-of-the-art. It may also be of interest to practitioners and educators seeking an overview of developments in this area.

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Section: Domain-integrating Task Network Modelsmentioning

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“…There are many other approaches in this category. For focused reviews of integrated models and further discussion of their advantages and limitations, the reader is referred to Eckert et al (2017) and Heisig et al (2014).…”

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Process models in design and development

2017

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“…This leads to longer times for product development and causes additional costs. Iterations have many functions, such as advancing the design, correcting problems or making changes and enabling coordination within a process or between processes (Eckert et al, 2017, Fupeng et al, 2019).…”

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How to successfully introduce concurrent engineering into new product development?

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2020

Concurrent Engineering

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Today, three conditions are crucial for a company to be competitive on the market: quality, reduced time and low costs for the development of new products. The paper shows how companies developing new products (NPD) for the market can successfully implement concurrent engineering as an improvement of project management, in order to reduce product development time and costs and to ensure the quality expected by customers. The methodology presented in this paper is based on three main pillars of knowledge: project management, teamwork and concurrent engineering. The methodology provides a step-by-step guideline for the introduction of concurrent engineering in a company. This paper also presents the results of 10 Slovenian companies where this methodology has been tested on 20 pilot projects. The results show that managed projects upgraded with the principles of concurrent engineering lead to cost reduction, shorter development time and fewer discrepancies.

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“…The activity of resolving emergent change requests is sometimes referred to as ''firefighting'' (Engwall and Svensson 2004;Hällgren and Wilson 2008;Eckert et al 2017) or ''troubleshooting'' (Pinto and Covin 1989). In this, practitioners are the agents of practice and praxis.…”

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Opportunity discovery in initiated and emergent change requests

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When a change request is raised in an engineering project an ad hoc team often forms to manage the request. Prior research shows that practitioners often view engineering changes in a risk-averse manner. As a project progresses the cost of changes increases. Therefore, avoiding changes is reasonable. However, a risk-averse perspective fails to recognize that changes might harbor discoverable and exploitable opportunities. In this research, we investigated how practitioners of ad hoc teams used practices and praxes aimed at discovering and exploiting opportunities in engineering change requests. A single case study design was employed using change request records and practitioner interviews from an engineering project. 87 engineering change requests were analyzed with regards to change triggers, time-to-decision and rejection rate. In total, 25 opportunities were discovered and then 17 exploited. Three practices and six praxes were identified, used by practitioners to discover and exploit opportunities. Our findings emphasize the importance of the informal structure of ad hoc teams, to aid in opportunity discovery. The informal structure enables cross-hierarchal discussions and draws on the proven experience of the team members. Thus, this research guides project managers and presumptive ad hoc teams in turning engineering changes into successful opportunities.

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On the integration of product and process models in engineering design

Cited by 27 publications

References 52 publications

Process models in design and development

Process models in design and development

How to successfully introduce concurrent engineering into new product development?

Opportunity discovery in initiated and emergent change requests

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