Task Allocation Optimization in Collaborative Customized Product Development Based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beifang Bao ◽  
Yu Yang ◽  
Aijun Liu ◽  
Jiali Zhao ◽  
Leiting Li
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Task Allocation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Adaptive Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Task Coordination ◽  
Product Development Project ◽  
And Task

AbstractDue to the currently insufficient consideration of task fitness and task coordination for task allocation in collaborative customized product development, this research was conducted based on the analysis of collaborative customized product development process and task allocation strategy. The definitions and calculation formulas of task fitness and task coordination efficiency were derived, and a multiobjective optimization model of product customization task allocation was constructed. A solution based on adaptive genetic algorithm was proposed, and the feasibility and effectiveness of the task allocation algorithm were tested and verified using a 5-MW wind turbine product development project as example.

Conceptual Model Driven Architecture to Support Global Product Development

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Pereda ◽  
Mauricio Hincapie ◽  
Arturo Molina
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Model Driven Architecture ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Product Development Project

For a rapid configuration of a given product development process, taking into account today unavoidable market’s requirements as is the integrated product, process and manufacturing system development considering their entire lifecycles, in this paper, an enterprise holistic framework, consisting in a three dimensional model, is described to support the model driven architecture (MDA) concept for global product development projects (GPDP). The holistic framework has been established based on the integration of three fundamental areas of research: concurrent engineering (CE), product lifecycle, and enterprise integration engineering (EIE). The integration of these three fields of knowledge, using a 3D holistic framework, generates a solid support for a model driven architecture. As a result, through a 3D matrix, more important elements of the product development process can be combined and modeled following their natural interactions through the project realization. Questions about a global product development project like: What needs to be developed? Who will develop it? Where will be developed? How will be developed? When is being developed? can be generated during the planning and execution of the project but, as part of this research effort, these questions are answered in an organized manner using the proposed enterprise holistic framework. The conceptual model (enterprise holistic framework) for the global product development project was established as a base to capture, store and configure a project including the integration of product, manufacturing process and manufacturing system development considering their entire lifecycles in the enterprise context.

Low Cost Demonstrator as a Mean for Rapid Product Realization With an Electric Motorcycle Application

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hallberg ◽  
Petter Krus ◽  
Lars Austrin
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Industrial Project ◽  
Product Development Project ◽  
Educational Engineering ◽  
Product Realization

During the last decade, digital prototyping has become a natural part of any industrial project dealing with product development. The reasons for this differ, but the two most obvious is time saving aspects and the amount of cost effectiveness achieved when replacing the physical prototype with the cheaper digital. Time and cost are equally, or even more critical in academic projects. This paper describes the usage of a low cost demonstrator as a mean to reduce both time and cost during a product development project course as well as to guarantee educational quality. The paper also discusses the reason for using demonstrators in an industrial environment. When large product development project courses are given at educational engineering programs, they often strive for imitating a real industrial situation, trying to include all the phases and aspects of product realization. Time is of course critical in both environments, industrial and academic, but for slightly different reasons. A typical industrial project may run over several years while a large educational project’s duration is counted in months. Thus, if the course tutor wants to simulate the whole product development process, within the same project course, there are needs for means that may speed up the project without spoiling the educational message as well as the industrial authenticity.

scholarly journals NOVICE DESIGNERS' USE OF PARTITIONING STRATEGIES TO NAVIGATE THE PROTOTYPING PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2267-2276
Author(s):  
Camilla Arndt Hansen ◽  
Michael Deininger
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Novice Designers ◽  
Do So

AbstractPrototypes can be used to create value in all phases of the product development process. Prototyping strategies that determine how prototypes are developed should therefore be considered for the prototyping process as a whole. In this paper, we analyse how partitioning strategies were used by ten novice design teams to navigate their prototyping processes during a three-week mechatronic development project. Using the ‘ProtoMapping’ method, their prototyping strategies were visualized and five different types of strategies identified. Four of the ten teams formally planned how to divide their product into modules that could be prototyped in parallel or planned when to integrate prototypes to test the full product. Still, the ProtoMaps showed that most of the teams used some partitioning strategies during their project even when they did not formally decide to do so. Novice designers should be supported in making such strategies for the prototyping process deliberately. Therefore, prototyping tools should be expanded to support not only individual prototyping activities but also the prototyping process.

Task Decomposition and Grouping for Customer Collaboration in Product Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-375
Author(s):  
Xuefeng Zhang ◽  
Yu Yang ◽  
Beifang Bao
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Adaptive Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Task Decomposition ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Correlation Degree ◽  
Product Development Project

AbstractDecomposing product development project into various tasks and grouping them are important activities in product development. Many scholars devoted their efforts to solving this problem and proposed some useful methods. However, the research work of task decomposition and grouping for customer collaboration in product development is still lacking. Therefore, this study first decomposes product development tasks and analyzes its executability. Then, by using an integrated numerical design structure matrix and adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA) approach, tasks are divided into different groups, tasks in the same group have high correlation degree, and tasks in the different groups have low correlation degree. To illustrate the process of task decomposition and grouping methods proposed in this paper, a mobile phone structural development case is applied. Moreover, standard generic algorithm (SGA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) are used to compare with AGA to verify the effectiveness of AGA.

Experience Design Applied to Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea CAPRA ◽  
Ana BERGER ◽  
Daniela SZABLUK ◽  
Manuela OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Technological Products

An accurate understanding of users' needs is essential for the development of innovative products. This article presents an exploratory method of user centered research in the context of the design process of technological products, conceived from the demands of a large information technology company. The method is oriented - but not restricted - to the initial stages of the product development process, and uses low-resolution prototypes and simulations of interactions, allowing users to imagine themselves in a future context through fictitious environments and scenarios in the ambit of ideation. The method is effective in identifying the requirements of the experience related to the product’s usage and allows rapid iteration on existing assumptions and greater exploration of design concepts that emerge throughout the investigation.

Trust and Places - Case Interorganizational Product Development Project

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suvi Nenonen ◽  
Minna Andersson ◽  
Mervi Huhtelin ◽  
Juha-Matti Junnonen ◽  
Arja-Liisa Kaasinen
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Product Development Project
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