Systems Engineering Potentials and Use Cases for the Offer Phase in Special Purpose Machinery
DS 125: Proceedings of the 34th Symposium Design for X (DFX2023)
Year: 2023
Editor: Dieter Krause, Kristin Paetzold-Byhain, Sandro Wartzack
Author: Daria Wilke, Lynn Humpert, Johanna Mansheim, Harald Anacker, Roman Dumitrescu
Series: DfX
Institution: Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM
Page(s): 225-234
DOI number: 10.35199/dfx2023.23
Abstract
Customer demands for individualization and product complexity are constantly increasing. This poses significant economic and technical challenges in terms of cost, time, and solutions, especially for special purpose machinery. These challenges have a particular impact on the interfaces to the customer, such as the offer phase. Systems Engineering (SE) can help to overcome these challenges. In this paper, the potential benefits of SE are presented and then applied to individual scenarios in the offer phase of a selected company in the special machinery industry. For this purpose, the actual situation of the offer phase was analyzed and presented in four use cases.
Keywords: Special Purpose Machinery, Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Offer Phase, Systems Engineering, System Model