Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Complexity problems in mass customized manufacturing are frequently discussed and analysed in order to find suitable methods to optimize extent of product varietes. Moreover, product designers have to consider also constraint satisfaction problem, since some serious conflicts may occur when requirements of the customer are specified based on a wide portfolio of modules or components and given configurations cannot be found. The main scope of this paper is to explore the possibilities of using axiomatic design theory and entropy based measures for quantifying product variety induced complexity. For this purpose, two approaches will be applied on a real case. Then a comparison and analysis of obtained results are included. Computational experiments showed that proposed approaches offer comparable results and can be effectively used to quantify variety-induced complexity in terms of mass-customized manufacturing.
Source: FME Transaction
DOI: 10.5937/fmet1504271m
Authors: Vladimir Modrak, P. Krus, S. Bednar
Institutions: Technical University of Košice, Linköping University
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G6708029444
OpenAlex ID: W2319722516