Stenholm, Daniel; Rossi, Monica; Bergsjoe, Dag; Terzi, Sergio // 2015
Customers always hold a lot of needs and requirements that are essential to undertake during every design decision. One way to meet these different needs and generate product family members that all ...
Kestel, Philipp; Wartzack, Sandro // 2015
Computer-based simulation techniques such as finite element analysis
gain huge attention in engineering design practice. However, an efficient use
of simulation requires an early application in the ...
Winkelman, Paul Martin // 2015
Hierarchies are commonly used in engineering to make data more accessible and concepts more understandable. Engineers readily recognize hierarchies and are quite aware of their presence within ...
Yamagishi, K.; Seki, K.; Ohtomi, K.; Nisimura, H. // 2015
In recent times, the importance of a product’s kansei quality has been increasing to enhance the value of consumer products. In this study, we introduce the evaluation grid method to clarify customer ...
Ali, Abu; Liem, Andre // 2015
This paper presents a report of a workshop held in Konfack, University College of Art, Craft and Design, Sweden. The objective is to investigate how designer creates the meaning in the intersection ...
Jensen, Matilde Bisballe; Balters, Stephanie; Steinert, Martin // 2015
This paper addresses the need to learn about the characteristics, functionalities, and intended purposes of prototypes by proposing a standardized framework to describe (1) the characteristics of ...
Bavendiek, Ann-Kathrin; Thiele, Lisa; Meyer, Patrick; Vietor, Thomas; Kauffeld, Simone; Fingscheidt, Tim // 2015
Design methods are used to support single steps of the product development process. They are expected to contribute to reducing the development time and to enhancing the degree of innovation of the ...
Scholle, Philipp; Song, Young-Woo; Herzog, Michael; Bender, Beate; Gräßler, Iris // 2015
Modern product design processes are characterized by a high level of complexity
of the product in scope. The complexity is caused by changing market
demands and the availability of new ...
Isaksson, Ola; Bertoni, Marco; Hallstedt, Sophie; Lavesson, Niklas // 2015
Decomposing and clarify sustainability implications in the same way as concrete targets on product functionality is challenging, mainly due to the problem of showing numbers and hard facts ...
Fayemi, Pierre-Emmanuel Ifeolohoum; Maranzana, Nicolas; Aoussat, Ameziane; Chekchak, Tarik; Bersano, Giacomo // 2015
The bio-inspired design process implies a multiplicity of actors. Engineers and biologists are usually among them. Mobilize cross-disciplinary and/or highly specialized biologists is a complex task ...
Rohmer, Serge // 2015
This paper proposes to explore the concepts related to immersive situations for collaborative design. The term immersion is investigated depending on the analysis of its constitutive elements, i.e. ...
Moullec, Marie-Lise; Maier, Jakob; Cassidy, Stephen; Sommer, Anita F.; Clarkson, P. John // 2015
Although modelling tools are intensively used within companies, the modelling process itself is still scarcely researched. The few related works focus on the steps encompassed when developing a ...
Albrecht, Katharina; Osswald, Tim; Wartzack, Sandro; Muessig, Joerg // 2015
Besides low fuel consumption and vehicle safety, more and more clients focus on sustainability issues buying a new car. Here not only the energy consumption during the production but also during the ...
Heimrich, Felix; Anderl, Reiner // 2015
Today's product development process is characterized by increasing complexity of products. Subsequently universities have to adapt and constantly improve the content of their courses to prepare the ...
Seshadri, Priya; Reid, Tahira // 2015
The objective of this research paper is to study the ways in which engineering students naturally apply elements of compassionate design thinking to design tasks. We hypothesize that engineers will ...
Bianchi, Joost; Knopper, Yuri; Eris, Ozgur; Badke-Schaub, Petra; Roussos, Lampros // 2015
This research aims to develop a language-based cognitive framework in order to evaluate the performance of virtual design communities. We leveraged two existing theories on the use of language as ...
Boehmer, Annette Isabel; Lindemann, Udo // 2015
Innovation is a precondition for the success of companies in today s markets to differentiate from their competitors. Particularly disruptive innovations are addressed in numerous research ...
Pavel, Nenad; Stoltenberg, Einar // 2015
Due to rapid changes in technologies and the market, institutions are not only changing their activities, but also their physical environment. Leadership tends to lead organizations by means of its ...
Richter, C.; Allert, H. // 2015
Even though there has been a considerable interest in creativity and design as collaborative efforts more recently, there is yet a need for models that provide an integrative perspective on ...
D'Antonio, Gianluca; Sauza Bedolla, Joel; Chiabert, Paolo; Lombardi, Franco // 2015
In order to deal with global competition, manufacturers have to develop innovative, sustainable, high added-value, high quality products. Cooperation among companies is necessary to share product ...
Sommer, Anita Friis; Maier, Jakob; Mak, Jonathan; Moullec, Marie-Lise; Cassidy, Stephen; Clarkson, P. John // 2015
The development of models, especially simulation models of both products and processes, has increased in industry and now offer substantial competitive advantages in decision support across many ...
Sampaio, Álvaro M.; Pontes, António J. // 2015
Terms such as product design, engineering design, and others, have been used to represent specific ways to look at Product Design and Development (PDD). Each of them features specific methods and ...
Javadi, Siavash; Bruch, Jessica; Bellgran, Monica // 2015
Product development process has a considerable effect on factors such as time to market and quality of product which are vital for manufacturing companies to remain competitive. Therefore, study of ...
Dewit, Ivo // 2015
In recent years product service systems (PSS) receive substantially more attention in innovation literature. Manufacturers increasingly seek new value in service addition and service providers ...