Management Framework for the Highly Iterative and Integrated Product and Production Process Development (HIP3D)

Abstract

The increasing technological progress and global competition are leading to a changing market environment. To remain competitive, companies must meet customer requirements as quickly and individually as possible. Accordingly, products must be developed faster, more cost-effectively, and in a customer-centric way. However, this cannot be achieved by plan-driven development approaches since sequential development of product and production process leads to long lead times and increases the effort to integrate late changes into the development. Agile approaches provide initial solutions for customer-oriented product development but neglect the integration of production process development. An approach that considers both is the highly iterative and integrated product and production process development (HIP3D). It presents a possibility to enable shorter development cycles, greater customer involvement, and a reduction of time-to-market. However, this approach requires a change in organizational structure and lacks a management framework. Accordingly, characteristics of the HIP3D are derived, central positions in the company are identified, and an organizational structure is presented. Additionally, an overview of the tools and methods in the framework and relevant KPIs are presented.

Authors 3

1. Günther Schuh Aachen Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)

   RWTH Aachen University

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   Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2. A. Guetzlaff Aachen Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

3. Shari Wlecke Aachen Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL)

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Germany