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Set-Based Thinking in the Engineering Design Community and Beyond

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Since a series of academic case studies had revealed Toyota’s unique product development practices to the world, a flurry of research has been conducted into set-based design, also known as set-based concurrent engineering. In this paper, we review work related to set-based design across academic communities in efforts to find common themes and influences. After a review of this literature, we inductively arrive at two Principles of Set-Based Thinking: considering sets of distinct alternatives concurrently and delaying convergent decision making. These Principles allow us to articulate a working description of set-based design. We then examine these two Principles at work in a case example of a common theoretical construct in design.

Source: ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)

DOI: 10.1115/detc2014-35597

Authors: Sourobh Ghosh, Warren Seering

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Product Development and Customization

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Awards: G1918784340, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, G7419999118