Trading Off between Flexibility and Product Platform Constraints for Effective Technology Introduction
Licentiatavhandling, 2022
In this study, a review of the existing literature is conducted and several case studies in the automotive sector are performed. Both technical and organizational factors are found to limit platform flexibility. This research supports the idea that the flexibility to integrate technology into existing platforms is a valuable property. Consequently, it is important to foster the ability to more objectively assess the value of proposed technology changes in organisations relying on product and production platforms.
Finally, this thesis proposes a model-based methodology to trade off the flexibility of a product platform with the lifetime value it can deliver to its stakeholders. The methodology utilizes technology roadmaps, architectural modelling, value-driven design, and model-based simulations to establish the bandwidth of a product platform. As such, the constraints that the platform introduces for future derived products are balanced against valuable flexibility, which is defined as the flexibility of the platform to allow for more alternative designs, including using new technologies, of higher value in future products. The findings of this thesis have implications for the research of product platforms and their development, as well as for practitioners making decisions about product platforms with consideration to the uncertainty around the ways they will be used and upgraded in the future.
Product Development
Systems Engineering
Technology Integration
Model-Based Design
Product Platforms
Flexibility
Författare
Iñigo Alonso Fernandez
Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Produktutveckling
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Paper i proceeding
Interactive model-based decision-making tools in early product platform design
Proceedings of the NordDesign 2020 Conference, NordDesign 2020,;(2020)
Paper i proceeding
Alonso Fernández, I., Panarotto, M. and Isaksson, O. Trade-off Analysis of Flexible Product Platform Architectures subject to Rapid Technology Introductions
VISP - Värde och flexibilitetsInverkansanalyS för hållbarProduktion
VINNOVA (2018-02692), 2018-10-01 -- 2022-09-30.
FFI - Fordonsstrategisk forskning och innovation (2018-02692), 2018-10-01 -- 2022-09-30.
Ämneskategorier
Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi
Annan maskinteknik
Miljöledning
Drivkrafter
Hållbar utveckling
Styrkeområden
Produktion
Utgivare
Chalmers
VDL, Chalmers Tvärgata 4C, Campus Johanneberg, Göteborg
Opponent: Dr Christoffer Levandowski, Heart Aerospace, Sweden