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Cost Optimization of Product Families Using Solution Spaces

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Maximizing the number of shared components does not always produce cost-optimal product families. Shared components can yield economies of scale due to reuse of components, but also increases material cost due to over dimensioning. In this paper, we present an approach to identify a cost-optimal design for product families. It consists of two steps: (1) identifying a scheme to share components in the product family and (2) finding the cost optimal design for the product family.

Source: Proceedings of the Design Society DESIGN Conference

DOI: 10.1017/dsd.2020.178

Authors: S. Rötzer, D. Thoma, M. Zimmermann

Institution: Technical University of Munich

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

OpenAlex ID: W3034945207

FWCI: 4.544

Cites: 12

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10