Product Structure Management as the Backbone of Engineering Design: Exploration of a Reference Model

In automotive industry, systems engineering - especially product architecture design- gain in prominence in order to cope with challenges of today’s markets. Complexity of portfolios and customization are drivers for this development. To keep a product portfolio manageable high effort is required to adapt the organization, roles, responsibilities, tools and methodologies. In this paper, an approach of integrating architectural design activities using a product structure model as backbone for engineering design processes is proposed. A case study was conducted and results are discussed     «

In automotive industry, systems engineering - especially product architecture design- gain in prominence in order to cope with challenges of today’s markets. Complexity of portfolios and customization are drivers for this development. To keep a product portfolio manageable high effort is required to adapt the organization, roles, responsibilities, tools and methodologies. In this paper, an approach of integrating architectural design activities using a product structure model as backbone for eng...     »