...) and platform-based disassembly index (PDI), and provides a multi-platform solution for the assembly of the product family. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, two product family cases are discussed. A simplified case shows that multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm...

... of commonality and combinability are examined for their validity for personalizability. The findings are then combined with the known effects of commonality and combinability to create a holistic impact model of modular product families. This new model takes personalizable modules into account and can support...

...Mohamed Abbas; Hoda ElMaraghy Manufacturing systems need to be designed to cope with products’ variety and frequent changes in market requirements. Switching between product families in different production periods often requires reconfiguration of the manufacturing system with associated...

...Souma Chowdhury; Achille Messac; Ritesh A Khire Development of a family of products that satisfies different market niches introduces significant challenges to today’s manufacturing industries—from development time to aftermarket services. A product family with a common platform paradigm offers...

... bounds by exploiting the structure of the problem and (2) enable parallel computing of subsystems and use of efficient dual methods. We apply the approach to two important product design applications: (1) product family optimization with a fixed-platform configuration and (2) single product design using...

...Henri J. Thevenot; Timothy W. Simpson Today’s companies are pressured to develop platform-based product families to increase variety, while keeping production costs low. Determining why a platform works, and alternatively why it does not, is an important step in the successful implementation...

... level (e.g., manufacturing cost, profit); and (2) product family level (e.g., commonality, component reuse, variety, market coverage). An example involving a family of staplers is used to demonstrate the method and to provide a well-documented engineering application of MAUT in product family design...

...Zhihuang Dai; Michael J. Scott The development of product families, groups of products that share a common platform, is one way to provide product variety while keeping design and production costs low. The design of a product platform can be formulated as a multicriteria optimization problem...