Kreimeyer, M. // 2014
This paper reviews the industrial implementation of product architecture design at a large commercial vehicle manufacturer. The steps taken towards a full implementation as well as the value of ...
Lorentz R., Pens // 2014
This paper questions the role of innovation intermediation in the new product development process. Based on a qualitative research approach, we investigate two cases of intermediaries : an innovation ...
Zeiler, Wim // 2014
The built environment is one of the most important areas of sustainable development. New strong demands for a more sustainable built environment led to a more complex design process. To cope with ...
Lachmayer, Roland; Gottwald, Philipp // 2014
The approach presented in this contribution includes the elaboration of the interdisciplinary strategies and computer-aided tools in product development process during the whole product life cycle. ...
Keitsch, Martina Maria // 2014
User involvement is increasingly gaining recognition and the number of user-researchers in the international design community is growing. However, the question: “Designing with users, how?” implies ...
Michelin, F.; Vallet, F.; Reyes, T.; Eynard, B.; Duong, V.L. // 2014
This paper investigates how the environment is taken in account in the client/supplier relationship. This issue is particularly important given the growing influence of suppliers’ design choices on ...
Stangl, T.; Pribek ,M.; Wartzack ,S. // 2014
Structural optimization enables the product developer to compute a lightweight design proposal of a considered component during the design process. If topology optimization is integrated as early as ...
Ugurlu, Sinan; Gerhard, Detlef // 2014
This paper describes a new higher education course “Integrative Product Creation” in the bachelor curriculum of mechanical and industrial engineering and its implementation in the TU Wien Learning ...
Eriksson, M.; Petersson, H.; Bj // 2014
In the large majority of product development projects, computer-based design analyses are performed to assess the feasibility of potential technical solutions. As a first step to bring about a deeper ...
Menning, Axel; Beyhl, Thomas; Giese, Holger; Weinberg, Ulrich; Nicolai, Claudia // 2014
Design Thinking (DT) has proven to be a solid approach to engage in complex and ill-defined problem scenarios. Still, Design Documentation (DD) is a complex and yet essential part of the DT process ...
Fiorineschi, L.; Rissone, P.; Rotini, F. // 2014
Literature acknowledges modular architectures to give rise to a series of positive effects, and advantages given by considering modularity early in the design process have also been inferred. ...
Vezzani, Valentina; Tang, Tang // 2014
It has been acknowledged that in the current sustainable design practice, the main focus tends to be on environmental and economic sustainability, while the social dimension of sustainability has ...
Spruegel, Tobias C.; Wartzack, Sandro // 2014
The Finite Element Method is a very powerful tool to enhance product quality and to reduce unnecessary and costly iterations during the product development process. However ...
Bavendiek, Ann-Kathrin; Inkermann, David; Vietor, Thomas // 2014
Design methods are used to support single steps of the product development process and are expected to contribute to reduce development time and higher degree of innovation. Increasing time and cost ...
Kiefer, J. // 2014
In automotive industry, the development and operational use of lean digital validation methods takes a significant role to cope with current challenges in the field of production engineering. This ...
Makinen, Samuli; Helminen, Pia // 2014
For successful service design, it is vital to be aware of the varying and often remarkably different stakeholder understandings of a service. However, the intangible nature of services results in ...
El Gamoussi, S.; Costa Affonso, R.; Cheutet, V.; Lelievre, A. // 2014
In the current competitive industrial context, controlling and improving the Product Development Process (PDP) are of prior interest to meet the multiple customer requirements at the shortest time. ...
von Saucken, C.C.; Schenkl ,S.A.; Dahlmann, P.; Maurer, M. // 2014
The employees’ knowledge is the essential success factor for technology-intensive companies, especially within knowledge-intensive processes such as the engineering design process. We see a big ...
Babapour, Maral; Hjort af Orn, Viktor // 2014
The creation of product form, involves embodying a potential function and intended use while defining geometrical, ordering features. This paper aims to elaborate roles of different media and ...
B // 2014
An approach for the planning phase of a medical device design process is presented. Challenges are discussed and a strategy to identify all required specifications is proposed. Hereby, the ...
Freitas Salgueiredo, C.; Hatchuel, A. // 2014
Biologically inspired design uses biological systems as a source of inspiration to improve technical ones. Based on three case examples of biologically inspired design modeled using the C-K design ...
Sporbeck, Jan Moritz; Gößling, Rainer; Bender, Beate // 2014
As the human body does not allow for direct measurement, a combined approach of indirect measurement linked with a supporting simulation model has to be taken. This paper presents a ...
Mulder-Nijkamp, Maaike; Corremans, Jan // 2014
Defining a products' shape is one of the key challenges for design students in the overall product development process. The formal design of a product determines to a great extend the expressive ...
Lund, Morten; Hansen, Poul Kyvsgaard // 2014
The perception of product development and the practical execution of product development in professional organizations have undergone dramatic changes in recent years. Many of these chances relate to ...