Dynamic platform modeling for concurrent product-production reconfiguration
Journal article, 2021

To meet a wide range of customer needs, a variety of product concepts can be modeled employing a platform approach. Whereas frequent market changes can be accommodated by dynamically modifying product concepts in iterations, capabilities in production are seldom well incorporated as part of design iterations. In this paper, a dynamic platform modeling approach that supports concurrent product-production reconfiguration is presented. The approach builds on Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (SBCE) processes and a function modeling technique is used to represent product-production variety streams inherent in a production operation model. To demonstrate the approach, a comprehensive case from the aerospace industry is presented. Conceptual representations of a set of aero engine sub-systems and a variety of welding configurations, including their inherent constraints, are mutually modeled and assessed. The results show that a set of product-production alternatives can be dynamically controlled by integrating product-production constraints using a production operation model. Following SBCE processes, inferior alternatives can be put aside until new information becomes available and a new set of alternatives can be reconfigured. The dynamics and concurrency of the approach can potentially reduce the risk of late and costly modifications that propagate from design to production.

set-based concurrent engineering

dynamic platform modeling

production operation planning

function-means modeling

concurrent product-production reconfiguration

early design stages

variety streams

Author

Jonas Landahl

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Roger Jianxin Jiao

The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Julia Madrid

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Rikard Söderberg

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science

Hans L Johannesson

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

1063-293X (ISSN) 1531-2003 (eISSN)

Vol. 29 2 102-123

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Other Mechanical Engineering

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

DOI

10.1177/1063293X20958938

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7/21/2021