Innovation toolkit for identification of the optimal module options in open platform architecture products
Author(s)
Sikhwal, RK
Childs, Peter RN
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Open platform architecture products (OPAP) are the
key
enablers for Product design
for Mass
Individualisation
.
It
is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open hardware
platform
,
mass
-
produced
by large manufacturers
and multiple
independent
modules
,
invented
and produced by other smaller companies and by the end
-
user
that
are integrated
with the
platform. It gives freedom to
end
-
users
to integrate different modules into the platform as per
their choice. This type of product integration will be engaged with by the all actors involved in
the design and aims to help them to be more creative and innovative. The end product will be
highly i
ndividualised and technologically advanced.
Based on
explorative literature analysis, with practical insights from an ind
ustrial questionnaire
survey, a
n
Innovation toolkit
for the
end
-
user
has been
developed
.
The
Innovation toolkit
provides a mean of sel
ecting an optimal module option for each module which will
be integrated
on
the hardware platform.
The
d
esign of the
Innovation toolkit
for OPAP has
been approached
in three different s
teps: Modelling of OPAP
, Modelling of evaluation measures and evaluatio
n
indices with
end
-
user
preferences and Identification of the optimal module options. In this
work, variations in module options for a given module
are modelled
by an AND
-
OR tree and
parameters of the nodes in this tree.
Different module options for the se
lected module are
evaluated by various evaluation measures
. These evaluation measures
are converted
into
comparable customer satisfaction indices. The optimal OPAP
is identified
by constrained
optimisation
of the overall customer satisfaction index.
Two
case stud
ies
ha
ve
been presented
to demonstrate the
effectiveness of the introduced
I
nnovation toolkit
.
These case studies
illustrate that the
I
nnovation toolkit can readily
be applied
to these types
of product
development
to obtain a highly individualise
d OPAP with optimised module options
key
enablers for Product design
for Mass
Individualisation
.
It
is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open hardware
platform
,
mass
-
produced
by large manufacturers
and multiple
independent
modules
,
invented
and produced by other smaller companies and by the end
-
user
that
are integrated
with the
platform. It gives freedom to
end
-
users
to integrate different modules into the platform as per
their choice. This type of product integration will be engaged with by the all actors involved in
the design and aims to help them to be more creative and innovative. The end product will be
highly i
ndividualised and technologically advanced.
Based on
explorative literature analysis, with practical insights from an ind
ustrial questionnaire
survey, a
n
Innovation toolkit
for the
end
-
user
has been
developed
.
The
Innovation toolkit
provides a mean of sel
ecting an optimal module option for each module which will
be integrated
on
the hardware platform.
The
d
esign of the
Innovation toolkit
for OPAP has
been approached
in three different s
teps: Modelling of OPAP
, Modelling of evaluation measures and evaluatio
n
indices with
end
-
user
preferences and Identification of the optimal module options. In this
work, variations in module options for a given module
are modelled
by an AND
-
OR tree and
parameters of the nodes in this tree.
Different module options for the se
lected module are
evaluated by various evaluation measures
. These evaluation measures
are converted
into
comparable customer satisfaction indices. The optimal OPAP
is identified
by constrained
optimisation
of the overall customer satisfaction index.
Two
case stud
ies
ha
ve
been presented
to demonstrate the
effectiveness of the introduced
I
nnovation toolkit
.
These case studies
illustrate that the
I
nnovation toolkit can readily
be applied
to these types
of product
development
to obtain a highly individualise
d OPAP with optimised module options
Date Issued
2018-08-14
Date Acceptance
2018-05-14
Publisher
Design Society
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s)
Source
NordDesign 2018
Publication Status
Accepted
Start Date
2018-08-14
Finish Date
2018-08-17
Coverage Spatial
Linköping University, Linköping