Philosophy of Engineering: What It Is and Why It Matters

Bulleit, William M.; Schmidt, Jon Alan; Alvi, Irfan A.; Nelson, Erik Anders; Rodríguez-Nikl, Tonatiuh

doi:10.1061/(asce)ei.1943-5541.0000205

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“…This paper is primarily concerned with the scientific-technical stream, focusing on engineering design. While this paper is primarily based on CODP concepts from the operations management discipline for its theoretical background, it is also informed by engineering management theory and philosophy (Addis, 1990;Bulleit et al, 2014) The terminology relating to the CODP can be confusing, since alternative definitions and labels have been used, including order penetration points (Olhager, 2003), and order entry points (Dekkers, 2006). Collectively we use the term customer penetration concepts and address the question 'how do customer penetration concepts apply to engineering design activities?'…”

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Extending customer order penetration concepts to engineering designs

Gosling

Hewlett

Naim

2017

IJOPM

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Purpose-The customer order decoupling point (CODP) concept addresses the issue of customer engagement in the manufacturing process. This has traditionally been applied to material flows, but has more recently been applied to engineering activities. This later subject becomes of particular importance to companies operating in 'engineer-to-order' (ETO) supply chains, where each order is potentially unique. Existing conceptualisations of ETO are too generic for practical purposes, so there is a need to better understand order penetration in the context of engineering activities, especially design. Hence, we address the question 'how do customer penetration concepts apply to engineering design activities?' Methodology-A collaborative form of inquiry is adopted, whereby academics and practitioners cooperated to develop a conceptual framework. Within this overarching research design, a focus group of senior practitioners and multiple case studies principally from complex civil and structural engineering as well as scientific equipment projects are used to explore the framework. Findings-The framework results in a classification of nine potential engineering subclasses, and insight is given into order penetration points, major uncertainties and enablers via the case studies. Focus group findings indicate that different managerial approaches are needed across subclasses. Implications-The findings give insight for companies that engage directly with customers on a one-to-one basis, outlining the extent of customer penetration in engineering activities, associated operational strategies and choices regarding the co-creation of products with customers. Care should be taken in generalising beyond the sectors addressed in the study. Originality-The paper refines the definition of the ETO concept, and gives a more complete understanding of customer penetration concepts. It provides a comprehensive reconceptualization of the ETO category, supported by exploratory empirical research.

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Extending customer order penetration concepts to engineering designs

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Hewlett

Naim

2017

IJOPM

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“…In addition to these many assessment criteria, various complex technical and structural problems must be resolved in the design [9,14,15]. Decision-makers must consider the safety, maintainability, traffic loads, and structural designs and must demand adequate control over the risk of failure [16,25]. To optimize safety assessments, particularly those of highway bridges, accurately estimating the effects of traffic loads on the bridges is crucial [26].…”

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An Interval‐Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Compromise Approach with Correlation‐Based Closeness Indices for Multiple‐Criteria Decision Analysis of Bridge Construction Methods

Chen

2018

Complexity

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The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel compromise approach using correlation-based closeness indices for addressing multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) problems of bridge construction methods under complex uncertainty based on interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy (IVPF) sets. The assessment of bridge construction methods requires the consideration of multiple alternatives and conflicting tangible and intangible criteria in intricate and varied circumstances. The concept of IVPF sets is capable of handling imprecise and ambiguous information and managing complex uncertainty in real-world applications. Inspired by useful ideas concerning information energies, correlations, and correlation coefficients, this paper constructs new concepts of correlation-based closeness indices for IVPF characteristics and investigates their desirable properties. These indices can be utilized to achieve anchored judgments in decision-making processes and to reflect a certain balance between connections with positive and negative ideal points of reference. Moreover, these indices can fully consider the amount of information associated with higher degrees of uncertainty and effectively fuse imprecise and ambiguous evaluative ratings to construct a meaningful comparison approach. By using the correlation-based closeness index, this paper establishes effective algorithmic procedures of the proposed IVPF compromise approach for conducting multiple-criteria evaluation tasks within IVPF environments. The proposed methodology is implemented in a practical problem of selecting a suitable bridge construction method to demonstrate its feasibility and applicability. The practicality and effectiveness of the proposed methodology are verified through a comparative analysis with well-known compromise methods and other relevant nonstandard fuzzy models.

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“…The framework was conceived and developed in the context of complex civil and structural engineering, as well as scientific equipment projects, drawing on the philosophy of engineering concepts (e.g. Bulleit et al 2015) and engineering management literature (e.g. Dekkers 2006).…”

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Structuring a new product development process portfolio using decoupling thinking

Tiedemann

Johansson

Gosling

2019

Production Planning & Control

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The purpose is to develop a structured new product development (NPD) process portfolio for manufacturing companies that facilitates the organization of NPD processes for both standardized products, focusing on time-to-market, and customized products, focusing on time-to-customer. The research combines different literature streams, enriching and advancing the understanding of decoupling thinking in NPD processes of manufacturing companies. It includes extensive empirical data from six manufacturing companies and presents testable propositions for further research. The resulting NPD process portfolio separates technology development from product development, acknowledges the different drivers and outcomes of processes and addresses the lead-time trade-offs. It provides an overview of potential options for NPD processes and shows different pathways through the processes. Companies can use the portfolio to support decisions related to the overall configuration of their NPD portfolios, the role and the range of different NPD processes, as well as to determine when and how to engage customers.

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Philosophy of Engineering: What It Is and Why It Matters

Cited by 28 publications

References 45 publications

Extending customer order penetration concepts to engineering designs

Extending customer order penetration concepts to engineering designs

An Interval‐Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy Compromise Approach with Correlation‐Based Closeness Indices for Multiple‐Criteria Decision Analysis of Bridge Construction Methods

Structuring a new product development process portfolio using decoupling thinking

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