Efficient Product Customization by Structure Synthesis

The presented approach describes a new strategy for creating product structures, which are suitable for further customer driven product customization – i.e. the customization can be carried out within less time and for lower costs. The required input data is knowledge on the interconnectivity between product components and knowledge of principal scopes of customization demands (e.g. which components or functions customers would like to individualize, which ones are unknown or hidden). By means of specific computer support, the designer can identify potentialities of customization at early design phases and derive useful measures of optimization. Because of the new strategy, designers obtain detailed propositions for structure related design adaptations supporting the aptitude for customizing the concerned product later on. If the direct customer interaction takes place (i.e. if a specific customization demand is on hand), the product adaptation can be carried out promptly - and due to the optimized structure with less invest.     «

The presented approach describes a new strategy for creating product structures, which are suitable for further customer driven product customization – i.e. the customization can be carried out within less time and for lower costs. The required input data is knowledge on the interconnectivity between product components and knowledge of principal scopes of customization demands (e.g. which components or functions customers would like to individualize, which ones are unknown or hidden). By means o...     »