Designing family of products, instead of single products, using a common platform approach has gained momentum in various industries. One of the main challenges faced by companies includes specifying a product family architecture to support the varieties. Designers need to consider different viewpoints related to product, assembly, manufacturing, etc. during the development of the product family architecture. The purpose of this paper is to present a configuration reasoning method to develop a product family architecture that not only satisfy, but also has improved characteristics for different viewpoints. This paper attempts to accomplish these objectives by developing representations for components, modules, product family architecture, and assembly process. The paper also presents mathematical formulations to generate feasible product family architectures, indices for architecture evaluation, rules to ensure feasibility and improve from multiple viewpoints. The application of this configuration reasoning framework is illustrated using identifying product family architecture for a set of coffeemakers.
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ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
September 24–28, 2005
Long Beach, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Design Engineering Division and Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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0-7918-4742-X
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Product Family Architecture Reasoning
Zahed Siddique,
Zahed Siddique
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Rajeshwar Adupala
Rajeshwar Adupala
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Zahed Siddique
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Rajeshwar Adupala
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Paper No:
DETC2005-85340, pp. 413-421; 9 pages
Published Online:
June 11, 2008
Citation
Siddique, Z, & Adupala, R. "Product Family Architecture Reasoning." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 5a: 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. Long Beach, California, USA. September 24–28, 2005. pp. 413-421. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2005-85340
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