Application and validation of the matrix-based product description in a case study by using the software Loomeo

Luft T, Ewringmann N, Wartzack S (2014)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Publisher: Curran

Edited Volumes: Procedia CIRP

City/Town: Philadelphia

Pages Range: 479-484

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 24th CIRP Design Conference 2014, Milano, Italy

Event location: Mailand IT

URI: https://www.mfk.uni-erlangen.de?file=pubmfk_564c8c5bf1f98

DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.02.056

Open Access Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827114006635

Abstract

The main task of product developers is to meet the ever increasing demands on quality, cost and functionality of technical products by setting the appropriate characteristics in order to realize the product properties desired by the customer. The overall objective of the authors is to develop a suitable procedure model for property-based product development, which guides the developers purposefully through the development process. An essential part of this procedure model is the matrix-based product description, which is in the focus of this paper. The matrix-based product description is basically a so-called multi domain matrix. By using this matrix-based product description, dependencies between requirements, behaviors of the product and the product's properties and characteristics can be mapped and analyzed systematically during the product development process. Thereby, for example, the effects of characteristic changes on product properties become visible and traceable and also differential requirements are set into relationship with properties and characteristics of the product. However, it has been shown that the manual filling of the matrix-based product description is very time-consuming. Hence, a computer-aided support is indispensable. For this reason, the software Loomeo is used in this paper to investigate its potential for IT support for the matrixbased product description. The interaction of dependencies between characteristics, properties and the resulting behavior is demonstrated in this paper through the matrix-based product description using the example of a front wheel suspension of a car. Thus, the strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and risks of Loomeo regarding the suitability of the IT-based matrix-based product description can be determined. The findings from both the application as well as from the evaluation of the software are the basis for the improvement and extension of the matrixbased product description.

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APA:

Luft, T., Ewringmann, N., & Wartzack, S. (2014). Application and validation of the matrix-based product description in a case study by using the software Loomeo. In Giovanni Moroni, Tullio Tolio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th CIRP Design Conference 2014, Milano, Italy (pp. 479-484). Mailand, IT: Philadelphia: Curran.

MLA:

Luft, Thomas, Niklas Ewringmann, and Sandro Wartzack. "Application and validation of the matrix-based product description in a case study by using the software Loomeo." Proceedings of the 24th CIRP Design Conference (CIRP 2014), Mailand Ed. Giovanni Moroni, Tullio Tolio, Philadelphia: Curran, 2014. 479-484.

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