TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving an existing product family based on commonality/diversity, modularity, and cost
AU - Alizon, Fabrice
AU - Shooter, Steven B.
AU - Simpson, Timothy W.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Mike Haile, Hansen Lukman, and Drew Wetzel for their participation on this project. We also acknowledge the National Science Foundation through Grant Nos. IIS-0325321 and IIS-0325402. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - As product life cycles become shorter and shorter, stakes are higher in terms of sales and profits, making it an imperative for companies to enhance existing product families as much as possible. In this paper, a methodology using the Design Structure Matrix flow, Value Analysis, and the Commonality versus Diversity Index is proposed to improve an existing family of products. These tools assess and improve commonality/diversity trade-off within the family, feature satisfaction through design, and definition of new modules/components and their interfaces. A case study based on a family of refrigerators is detailed in this paper to demonstrate the methodology.
AB - As product life cycles become shorter and shorter, stakes are higher in terms of sales and profits, making it an imperative for companies to enhance existing product families as much as possible. In this paper, a methodology using the Design Structure Matrix flow, Value Analysis, and the Commonality versus Diversity Index is proposed to improve an existing family of products. These tools assess and improve commonality/diversity trade-off within the family, feature satisfaction through design, and definition of new modules/components and their interfaces. A case study based on a family of refrigerators is detailed in this paper to demonstrate the methodology.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.destud.2007.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.destud.2007.01.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250165781
VL - 28
SP - 387
EP - 409
JO - Design Studies
JF - Design Studies
SN - 0142-694X
IS - 4
ER -