SIMULTANEOUS DEFINITION OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ROBUST DESIGN IN EARLY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGES

Götz S, Horber D, Schleich B, Wartzack S (2021)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2021

Original Authors: Stefan Goetz, Dennis Horber, Benjamin Schleich, Sandro Wartzack

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

City/Town: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Book Volume: Volume 1

Pages Range: 2691-2700

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the Design Society

URI: https://www.archiv.mfk.tf.fau.de?file=pubmfk_612bb6422bac1

DOI: 10.1017/pds.2021.530

Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.530

Abstract

The success of complex product development projects strongly depends on the clear definition of target factors that allow a reliable statement about the fulfilment of the product requirements. In the context of tolerancing and robust design, Key Characteristics (KCs) have been established for this purpose and form the basis for all downstream activities. In order to integrate the activities related to the KC definition into product development as early as possible, the often vaguely formulated requirements must be translated into quantifiable KCs. However, this is primarily a manual process, so the results strongly depend on the experience of the design engineer.
In order to overcome this problem, a novel computer-aided approach is presented, which automatically derives associated functions and KCs already during the definition of product requirements. The approach uses natural language processing and formalized design knowledge to extract and provide implicit information from the requirements. This leads to a clear definition of the requirements and KCs and thus creates a founded basis for robustness evaluation at the beginning of the concept design stage. The approach is exemplarily applied to a window lifter.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stefan Götz Chair of Engineering Design Dennis Horber Chair of Engineering Design Benjamin Schleich Chair of Engineering Design Sandro Wartzack Chair of Engineering Design

Related research project(s)

Integrated computer-automated tolerance management in early design stages Oct. 1, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2022 Multi-criteria evaluation in product development – Computer-supported evaluation process of solution variants with regard to all requirements from the product life cycle (MuBePro) Jan. 1, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2021

How to cite

APA:

Götz, S., Horber, D., Schleich, B., & Wartzack, S. (2021). SIMULTANEOUS DEFINITION OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ROBUST DESIGN IN EARLY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGES. In Proceedings of the Design Society (pp. 2691-2700). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

MLA:

Götz, Stefan, et al. "SIMULTANEOUS DEFINITION OF KEY CHARACTERISTICS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ROBUST DESIGN IN EARLY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGES." Proceedings of the ICED 21 Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 2691-2700.

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