Enablers and Tools for Agile Product Development
Interdisciplinary excellence accelerator series, pp. 1–21
Abstract
Abstract Today’s industrial world is characterized by ever-shortening product development cycles and increasing degrees of product individualization which demand tools and enablers for accelerated prototyping. In addition, the existing uncertainty in the product development cycle should be reduced by involving stakeholders as early as possible. However, should an engineering change request (ECR) be necessary in the product development cycle, a fast iteration step into production is inevitable. The methodological description of such an ECR in the product development cycle is described in the previous chapter. Together with researchers from the Internet of Production (IoP), information from the product development process will be transferred to the digital shadow established in the IoP. The digital shadow collects information from all areas of the product lifecycle and provides it to the appropriate departments, adapted to the corresponding task. To tackle this challenge, a new type of product development process, the method of agile product development, is applied. Within the Enablers and Tools project, the development of various advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) for agile product development are at the forefront of the work. The enablers and tools are further developed with the principles of agile product development. They also serve to map the requirements for rapidly available and specific prototypes which are used to answer specific questions that arise during the product development cycle. To answer these questions, the concept of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP), an approach to reduce development time and increase customer satisfaction, is introduced and applied to all development tasks.
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Steel Institute IEHK, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming IBF, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Digital Additive Production DAP, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming IBF, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Technology of Optical Systems TOS, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Steel Institute IEHK, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute for Textile Technology ITA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Christian Heinigk Aachen Instruction and Research Department for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Manufacturing Processes NLD
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Instruction and Research Department for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Manufacturing Processes NLD, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming IBF, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Technology of Optical Systems TOS, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute for Textile Technology ITA, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Digital Additive Production DAP, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Steel Institute IEHK, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming IBF, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Digital Additive Production DAP, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Günther Schuh Aachen Chair for Laser Technology LLT Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT , RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany
Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Wolfgang Schulz Aachen Instruction and Research Department for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Manufacturing Processes NLD
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Instruction and Research Department for Nonlinear Dynamics of Laser Manufacturing Processes NLD, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Chair for Laser Technology LLT, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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