THE DECISION PROCESS IN SET-BASED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING - AN INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Raudberget, D.
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 937-946
Abstract
Decision-making and selection of different design alternatives is a central activity in product development. This paper compares the decision process of Set-Based Concurrent Engineering to Pugh’s method of controlled convergence in an industrial case study. The purpose is to investigate if the set-based decision process renders different results compared to the traditional Pugh matrix selection. In the case study, Pugh’s matrix promoted the development of new concepts. The set-based process offered the opposite approach, aiming at improving the currently used technologies.
Keywords: set-based concurrent engineering, design evaluation, Pugh matrix, industrial case study