Product innovation through management of collaborative design in concurrent engineering

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Girard ◽  
Jrmy Legardeur ◽  
Christophe Merlo
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Product Innovation

scholarly journals Collaborative design tools in engineering education: Insight to choose the appropriate PLM software

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Maranzana ◽  
Frédéric Segonds ◽  
Stéphanie Buisine
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Product Lifecycle Management ◽  
Distributed Design ◽  
Product Lifecycle ◽  
Mechanical Products ◽  
Market Solutions ◽  
Lifecycle Management

The shift from sequential to concurrent engineering has led to changes in the way design projects are managed. In order to assist designers, many effective tools have been developed to support collaborative engineering. Nowadays, industrial scenarios encourage companies to adopt product lifecycle management solutions, even if they may not be able to understand their benefits. Indeed, product lifecycle management roadmap is quite difficult to implement and return on invest can take time. Moreover, many free solutions with comparable functionalities are developed, which have been increasingly successful. In this article, we test different configurations of software to make a comparison between free software and market solutions. In this experiment, 72 students in a Master’s degree course aimed to design mechanical products by using dedicated software to assist collaborative distributed design, using two different configurations: free and commercial solutions. The research question to be solved is: as engineering educators, what is the most efficient way to train our students to collaborative distributed design? This experiment allowed us to compare design functionalities between the two configurations, in order to determine ways to improve efficiency in a collaborative distributed design situation. Finally, the feedback generated in this experiment allowed us to adapt training practices in engineering education.

Concurrent Engineering, Knowledge Management, and Product Innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anant Deshpande
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Critical Dimensions ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Core Elements

Evidence has shown that organizations seldom achieve the advantages offered by concurrent engineering (CE) practices. This may be attributed to the fact that the concept of CE is vague in terms of core elements and needs further investigation. In addition, despite the importance of CE and knowledge management in the context of product innovation, empirical investigation in this area is lacking. To this end, the goal of this research is to identify the critical dimensions of CE and empirically investigate the linkages between CE, knowledge management, and firm’s innovation. Based on a comprehensive literature review, the study conceptualizes the dimensions of CE as technical and social dimensions. Resource-based view of the firm and knowledge-based view are used to relate CE dimensions, knowledge management, and product innovation. Structural equation modeling was used for the testing of hypotheses. Empirical testing of the hypotheses was carried out by collecting data from 220 pharmaceutical firms operating in India. The findings of the study indicate that social dimensions of CE had a significant impact on knowledge management. Interestingly, the technical dimensions of CE did not have a significant impact on knowledge management. Furthermore, knowledge management was found to have a significant impact on product innovation. The implications of the findings for academicians and practitioners are discussed and directions for further research are also presented.

Research on Collaborative Design and Manufacturing for Civil Aircraft

2012 ◽  
Vol 522 ◽  
pp. 319-322
Author(s):  
Chen Wang ◽  
Hong Xia Cai ◽  
Kang Ding ◽  
Tao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Aircraft Industry ◽  
Structural Framework ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
Design And Manufacturing ◽  
Civil Aircraft ◽  
Manufacturing Mode

The collaborative design and manufacturing is applied in the aircraft industry. This paper introduces the collaborative design and manufacturing mode in aircraft industry and presents its structural framework. The data is managed in the structure of BOM and there are two ways to share the data between the suppliers. The collaborative design and manufacturing process reflects the concept of concurrent engineering. The collaborative design and manufacturing system has been applied in the project of C919 which could sharply shorten the research cycle and reduce the product cost.

scholarly journals Identification and Evaluation of the Influencing Factors in Target Value Design Process through an Industry Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Yong-Woo Kim ◽  
Israa Alseadi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Target Value ◽  
Industry Survey ◽  
Target Value Design

Target value design is a new practice in the construction industry promoting concurrent engineering and collaborative design. This paper shows the results of literature survey to identify the influencing factors in the target value design. The paper also presents the results of a questionnaire survey to explore the industry practitioners' perception of the relative importance of the influencing factors. Project stakeholders participating in the survey consider the integration of different project stakeholders in the design phase as critical. The project definition is also regarded as essential in implementing the target value design. However, the market conditions and project attributes are considered as least significant in the target value design process.

scholarly journals Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Álvarez ◽  
E. Roibás-Millán
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Space Mission ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Spacecraft Design ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Space Projects ◽  
General Aspects

AbstractIn recent years, space projects have evolved to faster and more variable projects. To adjust the design processes in accordance, new work methodologies arise, as the Concurrent Engineering (CE). This working discipline is characterized by collaborative design and the flux of information being improved by working in a dedicated environment. CE has been recently adopted by space industry for the preliminary design phase of spacecrafts and other space systems. However, this methodology does not envisage tasks prioritization, which is a fundamental aspect to achieve an optimal design solution with an efficient allocation of resources. In this work a variation of CE discipline by applying Agile methodologies (in which the aspect of task prioritization is essential), is proposed. Agile methodologies allow the proper distribution of the design effort depending on the project priorities, the state of the design and the requirements, in a continuous process to improve the design solution. The general aspects of the proposed method are presented and applied to the design of a space mission, the results being analysed and compared with to the classical CE process in order to outline its differences and similarities with CE and Agile methodologies and show its potential for a new environment for space project design.

A Service-Oriented Collaborative Design Platform for Concurrent Engineering

2008 ◽  
Vol 44-46 ◽  
pp. 717-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Sheng Xu ◽  
J.Z. Cha ◽  
M. Sobolewski
Keyword(s):  
Concurrent Engineering ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Software Components ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Engineering Software ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Internet Environment ◽  
Server Architecture

An important requirement for a collaborative design platform in Concurrent Engineering (CE) is the integration of various engineering software tools and utilities in product design and development. Some CE platforms based on a client/server architecture or static Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are available in the marketplace, but they lack flexibility and reliability in the constantly changing Internet environment due to the dynamic nature of the network. Based on the current development of SOA, this paper presents a Service-oriented Collaborative Design platform (SCoD) based on SORCER—a dynamic SOA infrastructure that allows federated integration of engineering software components in CE environments. The architecture of SCoD is proposed, the wrapping methodology used to integrate engineering software tools in SCoD is presented, and the federated method invocation for services in SCoD is described. With the support of SCoD, collaborative design in CE environments can be deployed, and scalability, reliability, and flexibility can be achieved in the changing Internet environment.

Towards Ubiquitous Design Support

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imre Horva´th ◽  
Zolta´n Rusa´k ◽  
Eliab Z. Opiyo ◽  
Adrie Kooijman
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Technology Study ◽  
Design Support ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Future Design

Efficient computer support of product innovation processes has become an important issue of industrial competitiveness in the last forty years. As a consequence, there has been a growing demand for new computer-based tools and system. Various hardware, software and knowledge technologies have been used over the years as the basis of design support systems. With the appearance of network technologies, the conventional standalone workstation paradigm has been replaced by the paradigm of web-interconnected collaborative environments. Currently, the emerging and rapidly proliferating mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies create a technological push again. These technologies force us to reconsider not only the digital information processing devices and their interconnection, but also the way of obtaining, processing and communicating product design information. Many researches and laboratories are engaged with the development of novel concepts, architectures, tools and methods for next-generation design support environments. They will integrate many resources of the current collaborative design environments with pervasive computing functionality and large-scale mobility in a volatile manner. Part of the design support tools will have fixed location, but will be remotely accessible through wireless networks. Other part of the tools will be moving with the designers as portable, embedded, wearable and transferable devices, and will feature ad hoc connectivity. These not only offer new ways for aggregation, processing and presentation of design information, but also enable alternative ways of completing design activities. Our current research concentrates on three interrelated main issues: (i) studying workflow scenarios for future design support environment, (ii) investigation and integration of multiple technologies into an ad hoc interconnected heterogeneous infrastructure, and (iii) exploring efficient methods for utilizing new affordances in supporting product innovation. In this paper we report on the results of our recent technology study that analyzed the current results and trends of ubiquitous technology development, and tried to form a vision about the possible manifestation of future ubiquitous design support environments. Essentially, they have been conceptualized as ad hoc and volatile networks of fixed and mobile information collection, processing and communication units. This network functions as a complex service provider system, with special attention to the on-demand information management in the fuzzy front end of design projects.

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