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A Case for Assisting ‘Product Family’ Manufacturing System Designers

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Manufacturing system design is a complex and demanding activity and the system designer has to take many factors into consideration during the development process including the demand and technological requirements of the products or product families. Central to this activity is the synthesis decision making process, during which the designer defines the elements that will make up the manufacturing system. This research identifies in the decision making process a critical activity and contributes a phenomena that can be used by a framework to support designers to address complex issues such as changeability and the evolution of products over the manufacturing system life-cycle.

Source: Procedia CIRP

DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.065

Authors: E. Francalanza, J.C. Borg, C.L. Constantinescu

Institutions: University of Malta, University of Stuttgart, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation

Language: English

Topic: Product Development and Customization

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Malta Council for Science and Technology, European Regional Development Fund

OpenAlex ID: W2090340405

FWCI: 2.185

Cites: 23

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10