Capturing Design Knowledge of Robust Designs Using Configurable Components

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Claesson ◽  
Bjo¨rn Rosvall ◽  
Hans Johannesson
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Design Rationale ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Product Platforms ◽  
Robust Designs ◽  
Common Solution ◽  
Development And Utilization ◽  
Development Support ◽  
Product Description

Development of complex, platform-based, and variant-rich products within the automotive industry is in many respects a challenging task. The competitive pressure within the industry requires more and more collaborative development and utilization of systems and components not only within, but also across, product platforms. In such an environment the ability to effectively and efficiently deal with how variability is achieved is an important issue. Many approaches to deal with configuration issues have been subject to extensive research and exploration. In the research presented here the basic idea is to merge influences from established design tools and methods with concepts from research on configuration tasks as well as from product description approaches used within the industry. The presented work has an exploratory nature that aims at increased understanding of the mechanisms, methodology and value of the application of the configurable component concept as a development support tool during platform-based vehicle development. The work presented here has been performed in parallel with a feasibility study for a vehicle cock-pit family. The study aims at investigating prerequisites for enabling a cock-pit solution to be shared as a common solution in several vehicle platforms as well as within each of the platforms. The paper contributes to the understanding of how configurable components can improve the definition and maintenance of design variants and facilitate reuse of these design solutions through the captured trail of design rationale that is achieved through the systematic use of the component definitions.

scholarly journals Assessing Supply Chain Risks in the Automotive Industry through a Modified MCDM-Based FMECA

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilyas Mzougui ◽  
Silvia Carpitella ◽  
Antonella Certa ◽  
Zoubir El Felsoufi ◽  
Joaquín Izquierdo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Joint Analysis ◽  
Fuzzy Decision Making ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Supply Chain Risks ◽  
Criticality Analysis

Supply chains are complex networks that receive assiduous attention in the literature. Like any complex network, a supply chain is subject to a wide variety of risks that can result in significant economic losses and negative impacts in terms of image and prestige for companies. In circumstances of aggressive competition among companies, effective management of supply chain risks (SCRs) is crucial, and is currently a very active field of research. Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) has been recently extended to SCR identification and prioritization, aiming at reducing potential losses caused by lack of risk control. This article has a twofold objective. First, SCR assessment is investigated, and a comprehensive list of specific risks related to the automotive industry is compiled to extend the set of most commonly considered risks. Second, an alternative way of calculating the Risk Priority Number (RPN) is proposed within the FMECA framework by means of an integrated Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) approach. We give a new calculation procedure by making use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to derive factors weights, and then the fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) to evaluate the new factor of “dependence” among the risks. The developed joint analysis constitutes a risk analysis support tool for criticality in systems engineering. The approach also deals with uncertainty and vagueness associated with input data through the use of fuzzy numbers. The results obtained from a relevant case study in the automotive industry showcase the effectiveness of this approach, which brings important value to those companies: When planning interventions of prevention/mitigation, primary importance should be given to (1) supply chain disruptions due to natural disasters; (2) manufacturing facilities, human resources, policies and breakdown processes; and (3) inefficient transport.

scholarly journals IDENTIFICATION OF TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION CHALLENGES AT TWO GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE OEMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2245-2254
Author(s):  
I. Alonso Fernández ◽  
M. Panarotto ◽  
O. Isaksson
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Platform Design ◽  
Product Platforms

AbstractPlatform design has been firmly established in the automotive industry as a strategy to provide wider product variety while maintaining cost effective production. But this strategy can struggle to keep up with the pace and nature of emerging technologies. This paper reviews the existing approaches to modelling product platforms, and showcases the challenges at OEMs introducing new technological innovations in their platforms. A gap is identified in the methods to assess the ability of existing platforms to integrate new technologies whenever they become available.

Increasing the attractiveness of the Zádielska dolina (“Zadiel Gorge“) in the area of modern climbing as a tourism development support tool

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Jana Selepová
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
European Network ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Adventure Tourism ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Development Support

Abstract The Zádielska dolina (“Zadiel Gorge“) belongs to the most beautiful and from a natural science perspective to the most interesting landscape formations of the Slovak Karst. The area represents the National Nature Reserve in the National Park and is part the European Network of Protected Areas NATURA 2000. The site is characterized by climbing activity. This article provides suggestions of attractiveness in the field of climbing that respect the development of tourism in accordance with nature and landscape conservation. The basis for the proposals were theoretical knowledge, thorough analysis of the area and own experience with the issue. Recommendations from other climbing places and identification of problems between climbing and nature, have been key for us in making appropriate proposals. The increasing interest in adventure tourism, including climbing, means a global trend in tourism and therefore it is necessary to pay close attention to this issue.

scholarly journals State of the Art in the Eco-Design Field: Toward Specifications for the Integration of Eco-Design in the Automotive Sector

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Garcia ◽  
Dominique Millet ◽  
Pierre Tonnelier
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Structure Development

This paper lies within the integration of an eco-design method adapted to the Innovation structure at a car manufacturer. The environmental constraints in the automotive industry are more and more important (European emission standards for exhaust emissions, European directive on end-of life vehicles …). Eco-design is a new manner to design products related to the concept of sustainable development, which combines economy and ecology and put the environmental criterion alongside the classical criterions of design. The goal of this study is to identify the specifications of a strategy for integrating the dimension “Environment”. This strategy is applied in the innovation process thanks to eco-design tools which are the learning vectors for an organization, and therefore support a learning process. This process is structured with the interactions between the management of firm, the environment department, and the design team. Therefore we first make a synthesis of the different classifications of eco-design tools and use two categories: diagnosis and improvement. Second, as our goal is the integration in the Innovation structure and within a design process, we analyze some design process models and highlight the RID (Research, Innovation structure, Development) concept. Third, the main practices of several car makers are synthetized and a focus on three of them (Volvo, Ford, and Volkswagen) is made; we link their strategies with the concept of RID. Finally in the fourth part, we propose a model of a strategy for integrating eco-design practices based on the three examples and supported by a learning process.

Prediction of Drivers' Eye Location

1974 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Gatchell ◽  
James M. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Laboratory Setting ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Driving Task ◽  
Eye Location ◽  
Important Design ◽  
Straight Ahead ◽  
Significant Factors

The set of guidelines for establishing the location of drivers' eyes as a function of a vehicle's workspace geometry and percentile representation of driving population is one of the most important design tools in the automotive industry. This tool is called an Eyellipse which allows designers to minimize structures that interfere with a driver's vision to his environment. The Eyellipses were, however, based on data gathered while subjects were in a static laboratory setting looking straight ahead at a picture of a driving scene instead of a real driving task. The objectives of this paper are threefold: (1) to examine literature that has laid the foundations for current automotive design standards on drivers' eye location, (2) to describe models for predicting drivers' eye location, and (3) to determine significant factors that should be used in these models by re-analyses of raw data from previous studies. This discussion also indicates weaknesses in previous research and proposes areas where future research is needed in order to determine the true distribution of subjects' eyes during a real driving task.

An Attribute-Based Development Framework of Node Software for Various Operating Systems in Sensor Network Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (07) ◽  
pp. 1055-1075
Author(s):  
Woojin Lee ◽  
Ilwoo Choi ◽  
Cheeyang Song ◽  
Juil Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Operating Systems ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Network Environment ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Development Support ◽  
Software Codes ◽  
Network Software

This paper proposes a framework for the development of sensor node software for various operating systems in a sensor network environment. The proposed development framework consists of attributes, code templates and development support tool. Sensor node software is developed, based on the framework through four steps —sensor network modeling, PIM design, PSM design and code generation. Accordingly, this paper presents the methods for attributes design, code templates design, PIM-to-PSM mapping, and source code generation. Through the proposed technique, reusability of sensor network software will be increased since models, attributes and code templates can be reused for various operating systems through the framework. Productivity of software development will be increased, because software design is easily performed using attributes and software codes for all nodes in the sensor network can be generated at once from a model. Also, expandability of sensor network software will be increased, since new functions of existing operating systems or new operating systems can be added through the framework and sensor network software can be rebuilt by applying the added functions or operating systems.

Design Evolution Management: A Methodology for Representing and Utilizing Design Rationale

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B. Thompson ◽  
Stephen C.-Y. Lu
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Design Rationale ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Design Evolution ◽  
Design Engineers ◽  
Programming Techniques ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Product Description

Abstract In conventional design practice, a detailed product description is the end-result of a design process. Usually these detailed product descriptions do not contain information linking their heritage from early-stage abstract product descriptions or the particular influence of different life-cycle perspectives. This “missing” information, a description of the multi-staged and multi-perspective design process, is termed a design evolution, and is a representation of the design rationale for a product description. This research focuses on the development of a methodology for Design Evolution Management, i.e. techniques for representation and subsequent utilization of a design evolution during a design process. Within this methodology, a design evolution is represented both at strategic and tactical levels. A prototype computer-based design environment called AIDEMS, based on this design methodology, has been built and is being tested in several design domains. This design environment provides design engineers a platform for expressing their design strategies and tactics and uses Artificial Intelligence programming techniques enabling semi-automated design assistance for: resource scheduling, explanation of design assertions, execution of design revisions, design inconsistency detection, and exploration of design alternatives.

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