Framework for an agile, databased development
Procedia CIRP, vol. 100, pp. 343–348
Abstract
In today’s VUCA world, machinery and plant engineering companies face the major challenges of an advancing globalization and rapid technology changes. This forces them to react to changing requirements during product development and to shorten the time-to-market continuously due to competitive pressure. Especially companies from the wind turbine sector have to individualize their products for a variety of markets and customers, while at the same time taking into account complex dependencies between the various systems components. To address the stated challenges, this paper presents a framework for an agile and databased product development process that enables these companies to derive a development process that is best suited for their individual situation. The framework consists of a process model as well as an information model. The process model records the current development process with regard to the development network, the business process landscape and the actual development activities. The information model consists of an analysis of the currently used information systems, the description of the development’s information need and the identification of information carrier objects. The implementation of an agile, databased development process is the integrated application of both, process and information model. The recurring process modules, which are allocated to specific physical product modules, and the information and data model, which assures the information supply during product development, characterize the reconfigurable development process of this framework. The validation of this framework is carried out in cooperation with a company from the field of wind turbine development.
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University, Campus-Boulevard 30, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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