Beschreibung:
Rapid One-of-a-kind Product Development discusses research in the development of new enabling technologies for small and medium companies. Scientific advancements presented include a novel product data modelling scheme to model product design, manufacturability and knowledge under a common data object; customised product development in a distributed environment; and new adaptive scheduling methods for the optimal production of a wide variety of customised products, taking into consideration all of the possible changes from customers and the uncertainties in manufacturing.
1. Motivation and Background.- 2. Review of Rapid OKP Product Development.- 3. Recent Development on Product Modelling.- 4. Integrated Product Development System for Rapid Product Development.- 5 Compound Method to Speed up the Sheet Metal Part/Product Development.- 7. Generic Product Modelling Framework.- 8. EXPRESS Data Model.- 9. Generic Product Modelling Framework: Case Study.- 10. Information Framework for Rapid Product Development.- 11.- Product Development Cost Estimation and Optimisation.- 12. Integrated Data Structure for Supporting Rapid Product Development.- 13. Product Information Management System for Rapid and Integrated Mould Product Development.- 14. Internet Based DFX for Rapid Tool/Mould Making.- 15. Management of Product Process Knowledge in OKP Enterprises.- 16. Conclusions and Future Work.