DESIGN FOR VARIETY: A REVIEW IN METHODS TO ESTABLISH A PRODUCT FAMILY ARCHITECTURE
DS 49: Proceedings of NordDesign 2004 Conference, Tampere, Finland, 18.-20.08.2004
Year: 2004
Editor: Lehtonen, Timo; Pulkkinen, Antti and Riitahuhta, Asko
Author: Jensen, Tormod; Hildre, Mans Petter
Page(s): 390 - 401
Abstract
that illustrates the product development process from establishing customer's needs to the manufacturing and supply chain of the family. The majority of existing methods are working on transforming the customer’s needs into the product family and very few methods take the next steps and maps it to the manufacturing, maintenance and recycle processes.
Keywords: Product family, Design for variance, Modularity, Product platform