Engineering design decisions have more value and lasting impact if they are made in the context of the enterprise that produces the designed product. Setting targets that the designer must meet is often done at a high level within the enterprise, with inadequate consideration of the engineering design embodiment and associated cost. For complex artifacts produced by compartmentalized hierarchical enterprises, the challenge of linking the target setting rationale with the product instantiation is particularly demanding. The previously developed analytical target cascading process addresses the problem of translating supersystem design targets into design targets for all systems in a multilevel hierarchically structured product, so that local targets are consistent with each other and allow top targets to be met as closely as possible. In this article the process of rigorously setting the supersystem targets in an enterprise context is explored as a model-based approach termed “analytical target setting.” The effectiveness of linking analytical target setting and cascading is demonstrated in an automotive truck vehicle example.
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ASME 2003 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
September 2–6, 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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0-7918-3700-9
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Analytical Target Setting: An Enterprise Context in Optimal Product Design
Adam B. Cooper,
Adam B. Cooper
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Panayotis Georgiopoulos,
Panayotis Georgiopoulos
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Hyung Min Kim,
Hyung Min Kim
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Panos Y. Papalambros
Panos Y. Papalambros
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Adam B. Cooper
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Panayotis Georgiopoulos
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Hyung Min Kim
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Panos Y. Papalambros
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Paper No:
DETC2003/DAC-48734, pp. 307-318; 12 pages
Published Online:
June 23, 2008
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Cooper, AB, Georgiopoulos, P, Kim, HM, & Papalambros, PY. "Analytical Target Setting: An Enterprise Context in Optimal Product Design." Proceedings of the ASME 2003 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 2: 29th Design Automation Conference, Parts A and B. Chicago, Illinois, USA. September 2–6, 2003. pp. 307-318. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2003/DAC-48734
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