Conference paper
Time Estimation for Product Configuration Systems Projects
Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark1
Engineering Design and Product Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Operations Management, Management Science, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark4
Management Science, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark5
Companies providing customized products increasingly apply product configuration systems (PCS) in supporting sales and design activities, thus achieving substantial benefits. While there is extensive literature on the benefits of utilizing PCS, the cost of developing and maintaining PCS has not been explored to the same extent.
This makes it difficult to put the benefits into perspective. Having a more accurate method of quantifying the cost of both developing and maintaining PCS, gives a value not only to researchers but also to practitioners when making business cases and improving resource planning in PCS projects. This article shows how historical data can be used to estimate the workload for developing and maintaining new PCS by taking into consideration both cognitive complexity and integrated IT systems.
The analyses in the article are conducted in collaboration with a case company that aims to improve its capabilities when estimating cost based on man-hours for new PCS projects.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Pages: | 1327-1331 |
| Proceedings: | 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering ManagementIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management |
| ISBN: | 1538667851 , 153866786X , 153866786x , 1538667878 , 9781538667859 , 9781538667866 and 9781538667873 |
| ISSN: | 2157362x and 21573611 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/ieem.2018.8607716 |
| ORCIDs: | Kristjansdottir, Katrin and Hvam, Lars |
Companies Complexity theory Maintenance engineering Product configuration systems Solid modeling Three-dimensional displays Two dimensional displays Unified modeling language cost estimation cost-benefit analysis. costing customized products design activities product configuration systems product customisation resource planning sales management supporting sales time estimation
