TY - GEN
T1 - Rapid one-of-a-kind product development in a global and virtual manufacturing environment
AU - Tu, Y. L.
AU - Kam, J. J.
AU - Xie, S. Q.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper reports a computer software platform for rapid product development in one-of-akind production (OKP) in a global and virtual manufacturing environment. The OKP companies in this paper are understood as product oriented manufacturing companies which adopt a market competitive strategy as so-called engineer to order, i.e. design a product according to customer's requirements. Since this research program has been funded by New Zealand government and the most of manufacturing companies in New Zealand are small and middle sized companies, this research has focused its emphasis on the small and middle sized OKP companies. The typical ones in line with this OKP definition are for instance an injection mould/tool manufacturing company (or shop floor), a customised sheet metal product manufacturing company, or a CNC machining shop floor. To shorten the product development cycle time and reduce the cost at same time in these OKP companies, various computer communication and computer aided engineering and management techniques have been applied. To integrate these computer technologies to achieve a rational use of these technologies, we proposed this computer aided product development platform, which is based on a concept of Prototype based incremental product development. This platform consists of a number of computer models and systems/sub-systems. To illustrate the feasibility of this platform, some industrial implementations are also discussed in this paper.
AB - This paper reports a computer software platform for rapid product development in one-of-akind production (OKP) in a global and virtual manufacturing environment. The OKP companies in this paper are understood as product oriented manufacturing companies which adopt a market competitive strategy as so-called engineer to order, i.e. design a product according to customer's requirements. Since this research program has been funded by New Zealand government and the most of manufacturing companies in New Zealand are small and middle sized companies, this research has focused its emphasis on the small and middle sized OKP companies. The typical ones in line with this OKP definition are for instance an injection mould/tool manufacturing company (or shop floor), a customised sheet metal product manufacturing company, or a CNC machining shop floor. To shorten the product development cycle time and reduce the cost at same time in these OKP companies, various computer communication and computer aided engineering and management techniques have been applied. To integrate these computer technologies to achieve a rational use of these technologies, we proposed this computer aided product development platform, which is based on a concept of Prototype based incremental product development. This platform consists of a number of computer models and systems/sub-systems. To illustrate the feasibility of this platform, some industrial implementations are also discussed in this paper.
KW - And world-wide-web (WWW)
KW - One-of-a-kind production (OKP)
KW - Product data management
KW - Rapid product development
KW - Virtual manufacturing
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84904312428
U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-35698-3
DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-35698-3
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:84904312428
SN - 9781475747911
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 159
EP - 173
BT - Collaborative Systems for Production Management - IFIP TC5/WG5.7 8th International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems
PB - Springer New York LLC
T2 - IFIP TC5 / WG5.7 8th International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems
Y2 - 8 September 2002 through 13 September 2002
ER -