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Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , ModSupport Project - Methodical development of an innovative modular construction kit for elevator systemsMany small and medium size enterprises (SME) successfully offer high product variety as a strategy to compete against bigger companies. The trend of globalisation with more emerging companies on the market fosters this further. This strategy often leads to an increased internal variety of components and processes with higher complexity costs, which finally outweigh the intended profits. Lutz Elevators solved this problem by new module kit elevators and a corresponding configure-to-order process. Development and implementation of the modular product structures and processes were undertaken in the joint research project ModSupport with the Institute of Product Development and Mechanical Engineering Design at the Hamburg University of Technology. This paper gives a conclusion on the project case.Publicationtype: Conference Paper172 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Sustainability of modular product families(2015-07); ; ; A global customer base demanding highly individual products often forces companies to offer a wide range of products. Commonality within modular product families allows great product variety through lower internal variety of components and processes. Companies then struggle with sustainability of modular product families, that is, managing commonality across the product family lifecycle when modular product families are changed to react to new customer demands. Based on a literature review, the current support from academia for handling the sustainability of modular product families is presented. The findings are consolidated into a conceptual schema. The subsequent successful use of the conceptual schema in the process planning of a medium-sized enterprise, developing and producing elevators, identified further factors that influence the sustainability of modular product families. These factors will be addressed in the future, with support from academia.Publicationtype: Conference Paper28 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Product family models and knowledge transfer support for the development of modular product families(2012-01-01); ; Developing modular product families meeting market demands and optimized to company processes requires extensive knowledge from many departments that needs to be communicated using product representations. In this paper, findings from applications of a product family development method are presented and possibilities for improvements through advanced product family models and methodical knowledge transfer support are identified.Publicationtype: Conference Paper18