The effectiveness of manufacturing enterprises that compete with product families can be leveraged through an appropriate standardization of components. In this paper we examine how a robust standardization of components can be implemented in the early stages of design with an explicit evaluation of the production system. The approach is based on (1) a mathematical formulation of design decisions using the Compromise Decision Support Problem (DSP), which includes robustness considerations, and (2) modeling production systems as networks of response surfaces. This modeling method facilitates evaluation of the impact of product design changes on the performance of the production system, thus enabling concurrent product-process design exploration. We demonstrate the approach with a case study, namely, the design of an absorber-evaporator module for a family of absorption chillers.
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Robust Design of Families of Products With Production Modeling and Evaluation
Gabriel Hernandez,
Gabriel Hernandez
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
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Janet K. Allen,
e-mail: janet.allen@me.gatech.edu
Janet K. Allen
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
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G. W. Woodruff,
G. W. Woodruff
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
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Timothy W. Simpson,
Timothy W. Simpson
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Eduardo Bascaran,
Eduardo Bascaran
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
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Luis F. Avila,
Luis F. Avila
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
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Fabian Salinas
Fabian Salinas
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
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Gabriel Hernandez
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
Janet K. Allen
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
e-mail: janet.allen@me.gatech.edu
G. W. Woodruff
Systems Realization Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332–0404
Timothy W. Simpson
Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Eduardo Bascaran
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
Luis F. Avila
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
Fabian Salinas
Carrier Corporation, Carrier Parkway Syracuse, NY 13221
Contributed by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN. Manuscript received Dec. 1998. Associate Editor: M. A. Ganter.
J. Mech. Des. Jun 2001, 123(2): 183-190 (8 pages)
Published Online: December 1, 1998
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Hernandez , G., Allen, J. K., Woodruff, G. W., Simpson, T. W., Bascaran , E., Avila , L. F., and Salinas, F. (December 1, 1998). "Robust Design of Families of Products With Production Modeling and Evaluation ." ASME. J. Mech. Des. June 2001; 123(2): 183–190. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1359786
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