Cooperative Decision-Making in Modular Product Family Design

Marc Windheim (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 209 Seiten

2020
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-60717-6 (ISBN)

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The development of modular product families holds enormous economic potential for companies, as there are always great opportunities but also risks associated with all life phases of a product. However, these fundamental and far-reaching effects inevitably lead to conflicting objectives when defining modular product structures, which makes decision-making in product development particularly complex.Considering relevant theories from decision theory and product family design, this book presents an innovative method to support decision makers in the development of modular product families. The central element of the method is a novel Modularity Decision Dashboard (MDD), which interactively visualizes all decision-relevant data. The findings presented here confirm that applying the method to real-world decision-making problems leads to a more balanced ratio between internal and external variety, and thus significantly contributes to the efficient economic benefit of modularization.

lt;b>Marc Windheim studied Mechanical Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Munich and Stanford University. During his studies he chiefly focused on Systematic Product Development and Business Management. From 2014 to 2019, he worked for Hilti as a project manager, where he oversaw technology and platform projects for electric drives. At the same time, he was writing his dissertation on decision-making in the development of modular product families at the Institute of Product Development and Mechanical Engineering Design (PKT), Hamburg University of Technology. Since 2019, Marc has been working for Siemens Management Consulting as a Senior Consultant in the areas of Research & Development and Product Lifecycle Management.

Introduction.- Challenges of Modular Product Structure Decision-Making: A Descriptive Study.- State of the Art in Product Family Design and Evaluation.- Decision-Making in Modular Product Family Design.- A Method to Support Cooperative Decision-Making in Product Modularization.- Validation of the Method.- Conclusion.- Appendix.- References.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2020
Reihe/Serie	Produktentwicklung und Konstruktionstechnik
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 209 p. 102 illus., 57 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	168 x 240 mm
Gewicht	393 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Dashboard • Decision Making • Engineering Economics • modularization • product family design • Variety Management
ISBN-10	3-662-60717-4 / 3662607174
ISBN-13	978-3-662-60717-6 / 9783662607176
Zustand	Neuware