6 research outputs found

    Innovation toolkit for identification of the optimal module options in open platform architecture products

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    Open platform architecture products (OPAP) are the key enablers for Product design for Mass Individualisation . It is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open hardware platform , mass - produced by large manufacturers and multiple independent modules , invented and produced by other smaller companies and by the end - user that are integrated with the platform. It gives freedom to end - users to integrate different modules into the platform as per their choice. This type of product integration will be engaged with by the all actors involved in the design and aims to help them to be more creative and innovative. The end product will be highly i ndividualised and technologically advanced. Based on explorative literature analysis, with practical insights from an ind ustrial questionnaire survey, a n Innovation toolkit for the end - user has been developed . The Innovation toolkit provides a mean of sel ecting an optimal module option for each module which will be integrated on the hardware platform. The d esign of the Innovation toolkit for OPAP has been approached in three different s teps: Modelling of OPAP , Modelling of evaluation measures and evaluatio n indices with end - user preferences and Identification of the optimal module options. In this work, variations in module options for a given module are modelled by an AND - OR tree and parameters of the nodes in this tree. Different module options for the se lected module are evaluated by various evaluation measures . These evaluation measures are converted into comparable customer satisfaction indices. The optimal OPAP is identified by constrained optimisation of the overall customer satisfaction index. Two case stud ies ha ve been presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the introduced I nnovation toolkit . These case studies illustrate that the I nnovation toolkit can readily be applied to these types of product development to obtain a highly individualise d OPAP with optimised module option

    Identification of optimised open platform architecture products for design for mass individualisation

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    Mass Individualisation is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open-hardware platform and multiple independent modules for end-user’s selection that are integrated with the platform. Open platform architecture products (OPAP) are the key enablers for this paradigm. Based on explorative literature analysis, with practical insights from an industrial questionnaire survey, an Innovation toolkit for the end-user has been developed. This provides a means for selecting an optimal OPAP. The design of the Innovation toolkit has been approached in four different steps: modelling of OPAP Products; modelling of evaluation measures and evaluation indices with end-user preferences; identification of the optimal module options for every configuration and Configuration optimisation. Two case studies have been presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and to illustrate that the Innovation toolkit can readily be applied to these types of product development to obtain highly individualised and optimised OPAP

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    Interpretive Structural Model of Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Manufacturing Evaluation in Cement Industry

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    This paper aims to analyze the relationships among the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for sustainable manufacturing evaluation in the cement industry. The initial KPIs have been identified and derived from literature, and then validated by industry survey. As a result, three factors dividing into a total of thirteen indicators have been proposed as the KPIs for sustainable manufacturing evaluation in cement industry. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology is applied to develop a network structure model of the KPIs. The results show the indicators of economic factor are regarded as the basic indicator, while the indicators of environmental factor are indicated to be the leading indicator. Of those indicators, raw material substitution is regarded as the most influencing indicator. The ISM model can aid the cement companies by providing a better insight in evaluating sustainable manufacturing performance

    Interpretive Structural Model of Key Performance Indicators for Sustainable Manufacturing Evaluation in Cement Industry

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    This paper aims to analyze the relationships among the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for sustainable manufacturing evaluation in the cement industry. The initial KPIs have been identified and derived from literature, and then validated by industry survey. As a result, three factors dividing into a total of thirteen indicators have been proposed as the KPIs for sustainable manufacturing evaluation in cement industry. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology is applied to develop a network structure model of the KPIs. The results show the indicators of economic factor are regarded as the basic indicator, while the indicators of environmental factor are indicated to be the leading indicator. Of those indicators, raw material substitution is regarded as the most influencing indicator. The ISM model can aid the cement companies by providing a better insight in evaluating sustainable manufacturing performance

    Impact Pathways and Research Agenda for the Climate-Mobility-Security Nexus

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    What are the interlinkages between climate change and variability, human mobility, and security? Where are the entry points for policies and programs that prevent climate-related mobility from causing conflict? What data gaps exist, and how can future research methodologies be designed to address them? Through a literature review of quantitative and qualitative literature on the climate-mobility-security nexus as well as an inward-facing portfolio review of CGIAR publications concerning the topic, this paper seeks to answer those questions and make recommendations to guide future research, policy priorities, and programming
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