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- Arvidsson, Martin, 1973, et al.
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A Product Robustness Process in a Medium-Sized Company
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Ingår i: IIE Asia Conference 2012, 28-30 June, Singapore.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Robust Design Methodology (RDM) has been established as an approach to design products or processes that are reliable and have stable performance despite exposure to variation in uncontrollable factors. Reliable and robust products with stable performance reduce scrap, waste and re-work and thus contribute to increased sustainability. Research on RDM has traditionally focused on the application of various tools to support RDM. Less has been written on how RDM can be applied throughout a product development process. This paper presents a study of a medium-sized manufacturing company developing a Product Robustness Process (PRP) as a sub-process in their product development process; a process focusing on practices but also in some cases include indications of suitable tools. The resulting process shows how various practices of RDM can be made a part of an established product development process, from concept design to verification of reliability and robustness. It also shows the necessity to focus on practices, not merely tools or techniques, to make full use of RDM in all phases of product development.
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- Arvidsson, Martin, 1973, et al.
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A Review of Robust Design
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- Arvidsson, Martin, 1973, et al.
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A Robust Design Methodology Process
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Ingår i: International Symposiu of Robust Design, Copenhagen, August 2014.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Robust Design Methodology (RDM) has been established as an approach to design products that are reliable and have stable performance despite exposure to variation in uncontrollable factors. Research on RDM has traditionally focused on the application of various tools to support RDM. Less has been written on how RDM practices can be applied throughout a product development (PD) process. This paper presents a study of a medium-sized manufacturing company working with a Product Robustness Process (PRP). PRP is a sub-process in their PD, and focuses mainly on practices supporting RDM and the outcome in terms of increased robustness. An example of a practice is to systematically identify factors that will vary under operating conditions and affect product performance and reliability. By knowledge of such factors it is possible to take robustness into account in early PD phases. In some phases of the PRP, indications of suitable tools are given, however not as a compulsory prescription. The PRP shows how practices of RDM can be made a part of an established PD process. It also aims to focus on practices, rather than tools or techniques, to maximise RDM application. Case studies on RDM are often focusing on tools such as Design of Experiments; albeit important it is of value to consider daily RDM practices without necessarily involving a prescribed tool. This paper aims at contributing to the latter by means of a case study at a company working with a PRP for about two years. The purpose of the paper is to describe and evaluate a process for RDM practices throughout PD. The most important outcome of the PRP is that the development teams have reliased a systematic way to address quality and reliability on the agenda throughout PD.
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- Assarlind, Marcus, 1983, et al.
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Adopting new ways of working in small and medium-sized enterprises: findings from interventions in 12 European companies
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Ingår i: Total Quality Management and Business Excellence. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1478-3371 .- 1478-3363. ; 24:8, s. 945-958
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper elaborates on the factors to be considered in order for interventions (activities aimed at introducing new ways of working through a series of focused activities in an organisation) to lead to long-term effects inside small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its purpose of it is to describe how interventions can be carried out in order for SMEs to adopt new ways of working by understanding the context, process and content of an intervention. The results of this study suggest that in designing interventions for the SMEs, the context aspects of an intervention must be carefully considered. Not only is the process or context of an intervention important, but so is the content. As a consequence, we suggest content that accomplishes the following: (1) supports the formulation of strategies; (2) encourages dialogue and (3) uses company data. The paper is based on a multiple case study of 12 SMEs from 6 European countries undergoing similar interventions within the FutureSME project. These long-term relationships within a large-scale project have provided access and a rare opportunity to conduct research on this often overlooked business sector. The empirical data have been collected through company presentations, structured reports and narratives. The material has been subject to a cross-case analysis.
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