Abstract
Ongoing work at the University of Strathclyde to model, control and improve the design development process is presented. Design Co-ordination has stimulated a number of initiatives to facilitate and support design development performance improvement. Ten elemental frames are
discussed and a number of approaches for designing design outlined. Two computer based coordination
systems have been used in industrial case studies with savings of up to 64% in process execution time and 45% resource cost reduction. Improvement needs can be identified and used as a basis for continuous improvement through re-design; craft, parametric and process optimisation. Significant improvements have been witnessed in industrial practice and processes optimised with an iteration criteria reduction of up to 83%. Future research will attempt to consolidate the work into a holistic approach to designing design and performance improvement.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Event | Design Methods that Work, 3rd International Workshop on Engineering design and Integrated Product Development - Lagow, Poland Duration: 10 Oct 2002 → 12 Oct 2002 |
Conference
| Conference | Design Methods that Work, 3rd International Workshop on Engineering design and Integrated Product Development |
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| City | Lagow, Poland |
| Period | 10/10/02 → 12/10/02 |
Keywords
- process optimisation
- performance measurement
- continuous improvement
- design deve lopment
- design co-ordination
- process simulation
- parametric design