Many models of the design and development process have been published over the years,
representing it for different purposes and from different points of view. This article contributes …

Drastic increases in the scale and complexity of engineered systems present many new
challenges for the product development (PD) and engineering design communities. PD is …

Over the past years, the design of production systems has changed rapidly towards complex
mechatronic systems, tightly integrating mechanics, electronics and software. The …

Today, three conditions are crucial for a company to be competitive on the market: quality,
reduced time and low costs for the development of new products. The paper shows how …

The paper deals with the issue of engineering change management (ECM). ECM has
received much less attention in the literature than general change management. Moreover …

In this paper the concept of the modular lightweight design as a method to combine the
opposing views of lightweight-optimized-and modular product family-design is presented …

In methodical product development, numerous data are used and linked with each other,
especially variant-related data. This paper presents a model-based solution for avoiding …

Process models are among the principal artefacts used for managing design projects.
However, the selection of effective modelling approaches can be difficult for design project …

This paper shows how a methodical development and configuration of modular product
family concepts and their effects on economic targets can be implemented in SysML. For this …

To improve their market position and competitiveness, organizations aim to shorten
production times, cut costs, and boost the quality and variety of their products. While …