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Emphasizing Reuse of Generic Assets Through Integrated Product and Production System Development Platforms

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Solutions from a part-based platform are inflexible to reuse in development situations as they are not allowed to be changed per definition. To use a number of such unchanged parts in new design context is problematic as related designs in the new context will be constrained. If changes are made, the initial platform intentions are violated, and economic scale benefits based on commonality may be lost. Furthermore, modifications made may result in unexpected consequences if the initial intentions and context are not properly understood. A more fruitful approach to support carryover without these drawbacks is to reuse design information containing not only final solutions but also their design rationales together with other kinds of generic assets. This is important for companies that cannot adopt a pure part-based platform approach but still want to achieve customization and economies of scale by efficient and effective reuse of other assets.

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    Means are renamed from “design parameter” to “design solution.” One reason is to make the word “parameter” free, usable in parameterized designs.

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The presented research is carried out at the Wingquist Laboratory VINN Excellence Centre within the Area of Advance – Production at Chalmers, supported by the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA). The support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Hans Johannesson

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  1. Dept. Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Timothy W. Simpson

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Jianxin (Roger) Jiao

  3. School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Zahed Siddique

  4. Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

    Katja Hölttä-Otto

Appendix

Appendix

Acronym

Complete wording

Explanation

BOM

Bill of material

A listing of parts/components/subsystems contained in a system product

C

Constraint

A requirement limiting the design solution space

CCM

Configurable Component Modeler

A software for modeling CCs and CC structures

CC

Configurable component

A configurable system family model

CE

Composition element

An object within a CC enabling the CC to compose a variant of itself by configuring and using (incorporating) a variant of another CC

CI

Control interface

The interface used to give input (set variant parameter values) to a CC

CS

Composition set

The set of composition elements within a CC

DR

Design rationale

A description of a design solution and its governing requirements

DS

Design solution

A design concept fulfilling one (and only one) specific governing functional requirement

F-M tree

Function-means tree

A hierarchical integrated function and design solution model

FR

Functional requirement

A requirement specifying a wanted behavior of a product

IA

Interaction

An interaction between two interacting technical systems

I/F

Interface

A feature in a technical system interacting with its counterpart in another technical system

icb

is constrained by

A causal relation between (from–to) a DS and a C

iib

is influenced by

A secondary causal relation between (from–to) an FR and a DS

ipmb

is partly met by

A causal relation between (from–to) a C and a DS

isb

is solved by

A primary causal relation between (from–to) an FR and a DS

iw

interacts with

A causal relation between two different DSs

PMC

Platform modeling and configuration

 

rf

requires function

A causal relation between (from–to) a DS and an FR

TEC

Turbine exhaust case

A subsystem in an aeroengine

ToD

Theory of domains

 

TRL

Technology readiness level

A measure of maturity for use of technical solutions

VP

Variant parameter

A parameter used to specify a specific system variant

VPV

Variant parameter value

 

TTS

Theory of technical systems

 

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Johannesson, H. (2014). Emphasizing Reuse of Generic Assets Through Integrated Product and Production System Development Platforms. In: Simpson, T., Jiao, J., Siddique, Z., Hölttä-Otto, K. (eds) Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7937-6_5

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