Development of Sustainable Design Index for Office Furniture Design and its CAD-Based Implementation

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Seyajah ◽  
K. Cheng ◽  
R. Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Furniture Design ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Modular Product ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Office Furniture

Sustainable design is a universal concern and due to that it becomes significant reference in numerous industries especially furniture products. In order to overcome the difficulties in Furniture Industry to determine the sustainable design to their products, the concept of Sustainable Design Index (SDI) was proposed in this paper. The SDI construction is combined with the designer’s daily activities and the design process, in this research the open plan system (OPS) is used for the subject matter. This paper presents several design tools and strategies which are integrated to support the development of sustainable design index as a solution. It is important to develop a model or method for formulating the SDI for industry to work with particularly the product’s sustainability performance strongly linking to the consumer’s satisfaction. In order to develop a robust SDI representation, an innovative approach for structured and systematic sustainable furniture design is proposed mainly based on modular product architecture, reconfigurability, using design structure matrix (DSM) and axiomatic design (AD). The SDI implementation is to enhance the designer by seamlessly integrating SDI algorithms within the CAD design environment and designers’ design operations.

Sustainability-Oriented Product Modular Design Using Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Method

2011 ◽  
Vol 128-129 ◽  
pp. 1468-1471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Hong Yan ◽  
Chun Hua Feng
Keyword(s):  
Modular Design ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Reduction Gear ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Structure Matrix ◽  
Modular Products ◽  
Design Structure

With increasing sustainable development consciousness, sustainable design plays an important role not only in design phase but also in manufacturing process. This paper proposes a modular design methodology for achieving sustainable design as well as fulfilling functional requirements. Factors related to function and sustainability of products such as material, manufacturability, component life and so on are defined as modular drivers. Design structure matrix, a structured method which has advantages on representing and analyzing interaction relations among system elements, is employed to establish correlation matrix between components. K-means algorithm is used to integrate the basic components into design modules based on their correlation distance. Furthermore, an evaluation model is established for assessing sustainability of modular products. Finally, a reduction gear is used as a case study example.

Modular Product Family Design for Pumping Unit Based on Design Structure Matrix

2012 ◽  
Vol 479-481 ◽  
pp. 2420-2423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Guo Ning Qi ◽  
Yang Jian Ji ◽  
Li Wei Song ◽  
Peng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Product Family ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Product Family Design ◽  
Structure Matrix ◽  
Modular Product ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Unit Design ◽  
Pumping Unit

A new method was introduced in this paper, which would help to build the modular product family for pumping unit. Design Structure Matrix (DSM) was used in the process of the pumping unit’s module planning avoiding from the disadvantages of inconsistent rules and improper scale. Taking the case of the beam-pumping unit, some specific techniques were discussed in this paper such as DSM’s building, tearing and clustering as well as the analysis of their results. And the product family of this kind of beam-pumping unit was designed under the result of the modules and the principle of tabular layouts of article characteristics. This study could be widely used as a kind of quantitative method for modular design of other products.

Analysis of Engineering Change Based on Product Development Network

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 1607-1611
Author(s):  
Zhong Wei Gong ◽  
Hai Cheng Yang ◽  
Rong Mo ◽  
Tao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Complex Activity ◽  
Engineering Change ◽  
Structure Matrix ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Development Network ◽  
Motorcycle Engine

Engineering change is an important and complex activity for manufacturing enterprises. In order to improve the efficiency of engineering change, designers should pay different attentions to different nodes of product development network. In that case, a method of classifying the nodes was proposed. First, we proposed a method to cluster the nodes based on design structure matrix; then, we analyzed the indexes for evaluating the importance of nodes and studied the method of classifying the nodes of product development network; finally, the experiment of managing a type of motorcycle engine was employed to validate our method and it showed the correctness of the proposed method.

Exploring Effective Change Propagation in a Product Family Design

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inayat Ullah ◽  
Dunbing Tang ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Leilei Yin
Keyword(s):  
Product Family ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Change Propagation ◽  
Effective Change ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Design Changes ◽  
Requirements Change ◽  
Change Impact ◽  
Design Requirements

Product family (PF) design is a widely used strategy in the industry, as it allows meeting diverse design requirements. Change propagation in any PF is difficult to predict. Consequently, while numerous design change management methodologies presently exist, their application is restricted to a single artifact. This issue is overcome in the present study. The proposed framework explores effective change propagation paths (CPPs) by considering the risks associated with design changes in the PF with the aim of minimizing the overall redesign cost. The propagated risk, which would result in rework, is quantified in terms of change impact and propagation likelihood. Moreover, a design structure matrix (DSM) based mathematical model and an algorithm for its implementation are proposed to investigate the change propagation across the PF. Finally, to demonstrate their effectiveness, a PF of electric kettles is examined in a case study. The study findings confirm that the proposed technique is appropriate for evaluating different CPPs in PF.

Research on DSM for Simulation of Concurrent Product Development Process

2008 ◽  
Vol 44-46 ◽  
pp. 595-600
Author(s):  
Xiao Ming Qian ◽  
Dun Bing Tang
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Resource Competition ◽  
Time Limit ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Simulation Algorithm ◽  
Resource Model ◽  
Task Duration ◽  
Design Structure

In this paper a simulation algorithm for concurrent product development process (CPDP) is presented based on Design Structure Matrix (DSM). An aggregate DSM is used to model the CPDP. To simulate the influence on the process of the time limit and the resource competition, the schedule and resource model are established. A method is also advanced to handle task delay. At last a case is used to validate the simulation algorithm and to show the influence on the process of task duration and resource.

A risk-based framework with Design Structure Matrix to select alternatives of product modernisation

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Eduardo da Cunha Barbosa ◽  
Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Structure Matrix ◽  
Design Structure
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