scholarly journals The Republic Period of the Turkish Automotive Industry and Product Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-45
Author(s):  
Fuat Ali Paker
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
The Republic

Opportunities and Challenges in Mesoforming

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Cao ◽  
Zhong Wang ◽  
Neil Krishnan ◽  
Anthony Michael Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Monitoring ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Industrial Processing ◽  
Current State ◽  
Processing Energy

In the last ten years, miniaturization technologies have revolutionized product design and have lead to many innovative applications in the automotive industry, healthcare, environmental monitoring, industrial processing, energy consumption, defense, etc. Here, the current state-of-the-art in mesoforming (forming of metals in the scale of 0.1 mm to several millimeters) is reviewed, followed by our preliminary investigation of one mesoforming example.

Automotive Product Design and Development: The Current State and Looking Into the Future

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhiren Verma
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Cost Containment ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Ideal

This paper shall present the details of recently conducted studies that examine the criteria for success and the future of product development in the automotive industry. A majority of the forecasts predict increasing globalization, cost containment, dependence on suppliers and increase in electronics content. Correspondingly, OEM’s and suppliers are adopting and implementing CAD and PLM strategies that shall be explored together with the ideal PLM strategy for OEM’s and suppliers.

scholarly journals Supply Chain Management in Pandemic Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-528
Author(s):  
Atanas Kochov ◽  
Elena Kochovska
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Republic

The automotive industry is one of the sectors that has been hardest hit by the pandemic crisis. The pandemic’s effects have resulted in multiple disorders, which led to loss of important suppliers and the inability to obtain vital parts, exposing the vulnerability of current Lean Just in Time supply chains. This paper provides a brief analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the automotive sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. The provided findings are based on a research study conducted simultaneously in eight automotive organizations in the Republic of North Macedonia. This study sought to investigate the extent of the pandemic's influence on organizations' supply chains, what preventive steps have been implemented to minimize the virus's transmission, and what are the most prevalent obstacles that organizations have experienced during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Design for Agile Manufacturing: Product Design Principles that Enhance Agile Manufacturing of Powertrain Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Oliver Moerth-Teo ◽  
◽  
Felix Weger ◽  
Christian Ramsauer
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Agile Manufacturing ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Engineering Company ◽  
Domain Mapping ◽  
Two Phases

While companies in the entire automotive industry deal with increasing volatility and uncertainty, new trends and innovations pressure especially powertrain margins. The concept of agile manufacturing enables companies to remain competitive in such an environment. As some authors declare that the success of agile manufacturing is largely determined by the design of products, this paper investigates how these two phases in the powertrain lifecycle can be linked. A literature review was conducted to identify DFX guidelines that reflect the agile manufacturing characteristics: flexibility, profitability, speed, proactivity and quality. More than 200 design principles were collected and clustered into seven design objectives according to their main purposes. A first questionnaire was conducted at an engineering company having its main business field in powertrain development in order to define the importance of these principles to enhance agile powertrain manufacturing. The results are presented in a design catalogue. Through an additional literature review the required capabilities of manufacturing systems to fulfill the five agile characteristics were identified. The rating of these capabilities was subject of a second questionnaire at several manufacturing companies in the automotive industry. The employment of a domain mapping matrix supports the selection and application of appropriate product design principles aiming to enhance specific agile manufacturing capabilities. Finally, the developed procedure model was evaluated.

scholarly journals Proposal of a new method for effectiveness evaluation in the product design and development process

Production ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-378
Author(s):  
Adherbal Caminada Netto ◽  
Paulo Carlos Kaminski
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Effectiveness Index

This paper addresses the subject of product design process evaluation from the designer's point of view. Based on the results of a preliminary research phase a comprehensive questionnaire is drawn up, and applied to a selected group of designers in the automotive industry, comprising Brazilian plants of two major car manufacturers, two Tier 1 suppliers and one lorry and bus manufacturer. Data provided by the answers are compiled, presented and discussed within each organizational environment. A combined analysis is then carried out in order to identify those management actions that are considered by the automotive industry as being more important for both assuring and evaluating the effectiveness of the product design and development process. Management actions are classified according to criteria supplied by the ISO quality management standards. Finally, based on the evaluation, management action indicators are defined and a single and flexible effectiveness index is proposed, which can be calculated using both company and industry data for evaluation and benchmark purposes.

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