Optimizing the order processing of customized products using product configuration

Hvam, Lars; Bonev, Martin; Denkena, Berend; Schürmeyer, Jan Thomas; Dengler, Barbara

doi:10.1007/s11740-011-0334-x

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“…A standard module is a consistent product unit that can be identified and replaced in the product architecture several times to boost product variety and adaptability [7]. A product configurator is an important tool for the alignment of the supply chain to a new product development, assuring the coordination between the development of new products and the business processes [8]. Moreover, configuration design has been recognized as an effective means to implement mass customization [9].…”

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“…Changes result in sales order processing, generation of BOMs and manufacturing documentation. Such changes can be supported by the integration between the product configurator and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) of the company [8]. The automation of traditionally manual activities leads to a substantial reduction in the time necessary for processing orders and for design [8] [10] and, in turn, to an overall lead time reduction which is particularly significant for engineering oriented companies [4].…”

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Deployment of Product Configurators: Analysis of Impacts Within and Outside the User Company

D’Antonio

Mottola²,

Prencipe³

et al. 2017

Product Lifecycle Management and the Industry of the Future

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Today many companies throughout the world recognize the need to provide outstanding service to customers: for both mass market products and products devoted to professionals, an increasing level of customization is required. This, in turn, leads to high variability in design and manufacturing processes. Hence, a structured approach to manage such variability is necessary. For an effective mass-customization program, two organizational design principles could be introduced: (i) the definition of a set of standard modules and functional criteria; (ii) the development of a tool enabling customers designing his own product. The present paper aims to analyze the impacts of a product configurator, both inside and outside of a manufacturing company. Within the internal analysis, the studied aspects include business model transformation, organization change, economic benefits. The external impacts mainly involve supply chain effects, consequences on brand perception, and impacts on society. The presented analysis is applied to a manufacturer of machines for mixing inks.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Deployment of Product Configurators: Analysis of Impacts Within and Outside the User Company

D’Antonio

Mottola²,

Prencipe³

et al. 2017

Product Lifecycle Management and the Industry of the Future

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“…To remain competitive, a company should synchronize the engineering, manufacturing and procurement processes [9]. That is mainly due to the fact that decisions made during the engineering and development phases affect every downstream process [10].…”

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“…In an ETO environment, customers requests are constantly translated into technical specifications and production features [10]. In this regard, configurators are considered as a main resource and enabler for MC [14].…”

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Motivations and Challenges for Engineer-to-Order Companies Moving toward Mass Customization

Duchi

Pourabdollahian

Sili

et al. 2014

Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications

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Part 1: Knowledge-Based Performance ImprovementInternational audienceETO companies are mainly characterized by their ability to provide personalized products to customers. However, the current market trends and economic situation direct them to efficient manufacturing of customized goods. In this regard, moving toward Mass Customization and making a hybrid strategy of ETO-MC can be considered as a proper solution for ETOs. This study aims at investigating this topic using both theoretical and empirical data, and through analyzing the potential motivations for ETOs to move towards MC and the possible challenges they might face during such a transition

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“…Configurators are software-based expert systems that capture the generic architecture of product families in a computer model, through which users are supported in creating feasible product solutions with a minimum number of choices (Hvam et al, 2011). If combined with well-designed product family architectures, companies can utilize configurators to mass customize their offerings, i.e.…”

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Formal computer-aided product family architecture design for mass customization

Bonev

Hvam

Clarkson

et al. 2015

Computers in Industry

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With product customization companies aim at creating higher customer value and stronger economic benefits. The profitability of the offered variety relies on the quality of the developed product family architectures and their consistent implementation in configuration systems. Yet existing methods are informal, providing limited support for domain experts to communicate, synthesize and document architectures effectively. In single product design explicit visual models such as design structure matrices and node-link diagrams have been used in combination with structural analysis methods to overcome the limitation of the informal approach. Drawing on thereto established best practises, this paper evaluates and extends the relevant methods and modelling techniques, to create a consistent and formal approach for the design and customization of entire product families. To validate it's applicability, the approach is tested on a case study at a manufacturing company offering bespoke industrial applications. A generic modelling method termed the integrated design model (IDM) is developed and complemented with a computational structural analysis method, to assist domain experts in their daily work. When combined with a configuration system, the presented IDM tool automates the documentation and formalizes the synthesis of architectures, thereby making any decision about a preferred solution explicit and transparent.

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Optimizing the order processing of customized products using product configuration

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Cited by 9 publications

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Deployment of Product Configurators: Analysis of Impacts Within and Outside the User Company

Deployment of Product Configurators: Analysis of Impacts Within and Outside the User Company

Motivations and Challenges for Engineer-to-Order Companies Moving toward Mass Customization

Formal computer-aided product family architecture design for mass customization

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