Product program optimization gains
increasing relevance in industrial practice, due to rising
number of variants in the context of product
individualization. The definition of a product platform for
several products of the program is a promising measure to
reduce internal variety for the company. However, decisions
for the right platform concept are challenging. Therefore,
this publication aims to present a platform and a lifecycle
cost model, which are both integrated in a process model to
develop and assess different platform concepts for a product
program. The presented concept has been applied on an
industrial use case to evaluate its applicability. The
evaluation emphasizes the applicability of the model as it
supported the decision for one platform concept.
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Product program optimization gains
increasing relevance in industrial practice, due to rising
number of variants in the context of product
individualization. The definition of a product platform for
several products of the program is a promising measure to
reduce internal variety for the company. However, decisions
for the right platform concept are challenging. Therefore,
this publication aims to present a platform and a lifecycle
cost model, which are both integrated in a process model...
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