Conference paper
Assessing Increased Product Line Commonality’s Effect on Assembly
In
Proceedings of the Design 2018 15th International Design Conference
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2018, pp. 841-848
Abstract
We present results of an experiment focused on quantifying effects on assembly productivity and product quality by introducing a product platform and increasing commonality between variants in a product family. The experiment was set up with 50 engineering students, who over three rounds produced a family of LEGO car models.
Over the rounds a product platform was introduced and the Commonality Index was increased from 47,8% to 88,4%. Compared to productivity and quality results show an increased output of 118% and a decrease in product defects by 31% when applying a platform-based approach.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Design Society |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Pages: | 841-848 |
| Proceedings: | The International Design Conference - DESIGN 2018International Design Conference |
| ISBN: | 9537738590 and 9789537738594 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.21278/idc.2018.0112 |
| ORCIDs: | Løkkegaard, M. , Mortensen, N. H. and Jensen, L. S. |
