Lean Product Development Process with Design Verification Stages in the Value Stream of Automotive Industry

In the automotive industry, lean projects and innovation creation come to life by being updated under the control of systematic interdisciplinary process flows. The lean product development process that changes the shell, defined under the light of the variables created by the competitive conditions, is today measured by the value flow efficiency and the global market spread of the final product. Consequently, the lean product development approach, which aims to identify and purify all the wastes that do none value or create value to the system or cause burdens in the new product development process, is shaped by step-by-step approvals in the flow. In the main automotive industry company practices within the scope of the research (3 national, 3 international), the beginning of the concept of lean in design is to define and optimize the steps in the product development process under the value stream map. Therefore, the product function for which the customer has paid for, the function of the new product or the physical structure used to meet the needs in question, the comfort, life, experience, innovations of the scope that constitute the new product concept are planned and verified and implemented in the simplified automotive design stages at the beginning of the lean product development process. In this research, initial automotive design objectives and stages are at the focal point of the innovation and added value creation brought by the concept of “lean” approach. The research is modelled on the determination of steps that do not create added value together with the points where the flow circuits’ or stems, the process is devalued, the interdisciplinary holistic studies intensify, the information and delay begin and end in the sequential and simultaneous design validation step transition stages, which are examined under the lean approach. As a visual and virtual tool that enables the elaboration of nominal values such as the total duration of the design verification stages and the influence of interdisciplinary stakeholders or the test level of the product design with the new product added, it reveals the value flow or losses. Hence research;from innovation creation and new product design steps, which constitute the initial stages of the lean product development process, to design verification analysis, the efficiency of the automotive company processes within the scope of the research has been measured by comparing using lean automotive design techniques, methods and concepts.

A landfill based approach to surface mine design

Surface mining operations extract a large quantity of waste material,which is generally disposed into a dump area.This waste can cause a series of environmental problems ranging from landscape deterioration to acidic water generation and water pollution.Therefore,mine waste management is a significant task in mining operations.As known,in strip mining,the overburden is not transported to waste dumps but disposed directly into adjacent strip which was mined out.This concept can be adapted for mine planning of relatively horizontal deposits through a mixed integer programming(MIP)model.The main idea behind this work is that,in one pit,production voids created in early year of mining are used for waste landfilling in late years of production.In other words,in addition to external dumping,a landfilling option within the same pit is proposed for mine design optimization.The problem is formulated as maximization of the net present value(NPV)of the mining project under the constraints of access,landfill waste handling,mining and processing capacities.A case study using a data set was carried out to see the performance of the proposed approach.The findings showed that this approach could be used in waste management incorporating a landfilling option into mine planning.As a result,material handling costs decrease,and environmental compliance increases due to less external waste quantity.

Risk Assessment at the Design Phase of Construction Projects in Ghana

The study was carried out exclusively in Ghana to explore the approaches employed by consultants in risk assessment at the design phase of projects in Ghana. One hundred and fourteen (114) consultants were selected out of a population of one hundred and eighty six (186) from three main professional associations in Ghana made up of the Ghana Institute of Architects, Ghana Institution of Engineers and the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (Quantity Surveying Division) practicing in Ghana for the study. Both primary and secondary data were collected. A descriptive survey was also used to observe and describe the presence, frequency or absence of characteristics of a phenomenon as it naturally occurred, in order to gain additional information. A questionnaire was also designed to collect data from the architects, engineers and quantity surveyors. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Scientists (SPSS) 17.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics, such as frequency tables, percentages and cross tabulations were used in the data analysis and summaries. Simple tests of associations were undertaken by using Chi square and Cramer’s V statistics to compare relationships between variables. Again, relative importance index was also used to analyze some of the data by computing to deduce their rankings. The relative importance index was used to analyze some of the data by computing to deduce their rankings. The research revealed that majority of consultants had an average knowledge of risk management. Based on the findings it was recommended that consultants undergo advanced training in risk assessment. It was therefore suggested that consultancy firms should develop a set of laid down procedures for consultants to use in risk assessment in order that the use of intuition employed by majority is lessened. The challenges observed in risk assessment and the remedial steps suggested curtailing the detrimental effects of risks would be of wide importance to many developing economies.

Development of a distribution management system in refinery industry

Developing an information system for managing the product distribution in a refinery demands sophisticated design solutions. First, organization models are created to describe the structural relationships among employees and the ways in which they will use the information system. Second, function models are created to hierarchically describe how sales, transports, deliveries and vehicles are managed. Thirdly, an information model is built to represent the data entities and their dynamic interactions. Based on the system design, a distribution management system is developed and implemented in a refinery, which has considerably increased the distribution management efficiency and effectiveness.

Autonomous Vehicle Design in Lean Product Development Processes for Value Stream Map

The global automotive industry is giving a difficult and common test in order to create advanced life models in the near future plans or scenarios that include current autonomous vehicle technologies. Therefore, the main purpose of the research is to comparatively evaluate the impact of autonomous vehicle technologies, which are newly included in the automotive manufacturing industry under sustainable competition, on lean product development processes, value acquisition and preservation, in different organizational structures in the approach. Although mergers or brand acquisitions in the global automotive industry create joint R & D (Research Development) or joint new P & D (Product Development) process structures for the development of autonomous vehicle technologies, heavy competition continues in the market. These new processes create different needs for the merger and partnership of the renewed traffic infrastructures under national and international regulations, and for the implementation of the new autonomous life model. Firm and brand marriages, mergers or acquisitions in today’s automotive industry have ensured the high diffusion of lean product development processes under the stream of value creation or preservation carried out specific to the company under competition. Brand mergers in automotive industry companies struggling to survive under high competition create new work disciplines, professions, and engineering flow steps in lean product development processes. However, lean product development processes driven by technological innovation under simplification have resulted in the integration of parts and systems within the autonomous vehicle design structure, as well as creating new interdisciplinary value streams or different stakeholders. Therefore, the research revealed the significant effects of lean product development processes on the value stream in the automotive industry, on the mixed and lean product development process structure formed by new or existing vehicle systems (conventional vehicle) under the penetration of each existing and new discipline. This research compares the efficient operation steps of the process stakeholders in the autonomous vehicle design parts or systems containing innovation and new technology together with the value stream in the lean product development process, and the new process stakeholder’s business-oriented global and local automotive industry companies. New autonomous vehicle technologies, together with their unique software, hardware and development analysis, have been involved in the lean product development process with their interdisciplinary studies or expertise. Therefore, the study firstly focused on the technologies in environmental use together with the new basic features of autonomous vehicles, and then examined in depth the new or existing disciplines and interdisciplinary basic structure that these innovations affect under the value stream in the lean product development process. In addition, micro-level results and recommendations were shared, shedding light on how autonomous vehicle levels will create changes in the new product development process.

Study on the Brownfield Landscape Restoration of Urban Iron and Steel Industry Based on the Rainwater Management

After the steel industry moved out of the cities, it left a large number of the seriously polluted wasteland. Under the stimulation of the urban economy, all sectors of the society pay more and more attention to the utilization and redevelopment of the urban steel industry brown-land, hoping to improve the living environment of the surrounding residents and promote the surrounding economy through the restoration of the brown-land environment. The rainwater management, as an important means to improve the water environment in the brown-land transformation of the iron and steel industry, is bound to reshape the environment of the brown-land of the iron and steel industry and create a good ecological environment of the brown-land. Based on the analysis and comparison of the methods and techniques of the rainwater management, combined with the surface water transmission paths and the technical facilities in the iron and steel industry, this paper puts forward the landscape planning measures of the rainwater management from three aspects of the rainwater and architecture, the rainwater and roads, and the rainwater and iron and steel elements, and displays the application process of the rainwater management in the form of the landscape, so as to achieve the unity of the technology and arts.

设计管理视野下的品牌战略规划研究

随着数字信息化技术的发展,设计管理驱动下的品牌战略规划研究迎来了新问题和新挑战。在这一浪潮的影响下,剖析了设计管理思维在品牌战略规划中的应用方向,有助于提升品牌核心竞争力和创新力、明确品牌价值和形象。据此,进一步基于设计管理视角推演出品牌战略规划路径,着重从构建品牌识别体系、连接利益相关者实现品牌可持续创新、打造多维度的品牌传播模式展开论述;进而通过多方利益相关者共同整合资源、引领品牌创新发展,旨在为今后品牌战略规划研究提供启示与参考。

Integrated design approach for improving architectural forms in industrialized building systems

An architectural design process is investigated to achieve form flexibility in industrialized building systems （IBS）, as IBS constructions do not have sufficient flexibility to develop varied architectural forms. The ethnography method has been used to examine the issues related to ＂form＂ flexibility in the design life cycle of IBS constructions by observing the constructions of live experimental models. The major tasks and respective design aspects that facilitate form flexibitities in architectural design have been identified. Furthermore, an integrated life cycle mode[ has been developed to effectively address the interfaces between the design tasks and eventually fulfill the needs of IBS in the design life cycle.

大数据时代工业设计的流程创新模型探讨

以大数据时代工业设计的流程创新模型为研究主题,考察了互联网经济的发展态势和特征,阐明了工业设计在电商领域的重要作用和面临的挑战,构建了一种基于电商大数据的突破性创新设计过程模型,为工业产品设计流程提出了新思路。该模型通过引入电商大数据来提高产品开发流程的效率和成功率,并在模糊前端阶段、功能及效应综合阶段和阶段门评估阶段引入电商大数据的应用来辅助突破性创新的实现。采用了跨学科横向关联的方法,综合了创新管理、突破性创新与电商大数据领域的研究成果。

基于产品设计思维的设计管理研究

文章旨在探讨设计管理在新时代的应用,通过结合设计思维中的五段模式,寻找新的设计管理方法论。首先,运用文献综述法和理论分析法,综合研究设计管理和产品设计思维,探讨其在新时代的应用。其次,重点研究产品设计思维与管理相结合的方法,以提高设计管理的效果及效率。最后,提出了一种基于设计思维的设计管理阶段过程模型,为设计管理的实践提供了更系统化、层次化的方法论。以期通过融合产品设计思维和管理原则,推动产品创新,提升产品品质和用户体验,适应新时代的需求。

设计政策引领下的英国时尚产业转型与发展

回望历史,设计政策的萌芽可追溯至1851年“水晶宫博览会”的筹办,虽然整体看来在19世纪末以来英国时尚以追随巴黎为主,但是英国政府在其时尚产业历经多次危机期间积极作为,主要为“二战”后维护传统至寻求创新创意的转变;历史积淀加之关注创意文化引发英国时尚转型步入创意发展阶段,并将时尚纳入“创意文化产业”范畴;全球“疫情”加速英国设计与时尚品牌呈现数字化转型趋势,并催生可持续发展背景下的新型时尚产业生态链路。文章通过比对设计政策及其引领下的英国时尚产业发展历史阶段,以期通过历史样本的再确认探讨其所映射的中国价值。

品牌驱动:基于设计管理的时尚丝巾展示策略研究

针对当前众多国内丝巾品牌在展示时所存在的滞后性问题,文章基于时尚品牌丝巾展示推广实际调研及案例研究整理,系统分析设计管理理论与品牌丝巾创新设计展示的关联,并根据时尚产业发展探析丝巾的展示设计优化策略。研究表明:设计管理学与丝巾展示在基本概述、适配应用、创新运作等方面存在关联性,基于设计管理理论探析出策略管理、流程管理、空间管理和形象管理四个维度的丝巾展示驱动路径,并提出丝巾展示创新需顺应时代,拓宽合作视角,利用好新兴数字技术与系统性设计思维等方面的融合,以期更好地为国内时尚产业的丝巾展示应用模式提供可借鉴的设计升级转型思路。

产品设计专业“矩阵式管理”教学模式探索与实践

文章旨在探索“矩阵式管理”教学模式在产品设计实践教学中的应用,旨在提升学生的实践能力与创新能力。文章首先概述了矩阵式管理教学模式的基本概念与特征,强调了其在教育领域中的创新性和优势。其次,从“矩阵式管理”教学模式的构建机制和“矩阵式管理”教学模式的构建途径两方面阐述了产品设计专业“矩阵式管理”教学模式是如何构建的。最后,将构建机制和构建途径应用于实践教学中并进行验证与研究,以期培养出能适应未来需求的设计人才。

基于员工ID卡的医院智能考勤管理系统开发及应用

目的:通过信息化手段提高医院考勤管理质量,提高员工满意度。方法:采用Client/MiddMeware/Server体系结构,PowerBuilder10、ViSua1 Studio 2010编程工具以及SQL,SERVER 2008数据库技术,开发了医院智能考勤管理系统并加以应用。结果:实现了员工考勤信息采集和统计的规范化、系统化;实现了员工考勤信息手机短信及时告之功能;实现了考勤信息与员工奖金发放软件和人力资源系统的对接。结论:系统的成功实施,保证了医院考勤管理的客观、公正,提高了员工出勤质量,得到了医院领导员工的一致好评。

协同创新视域下我国工业设计实验室建设与管理发展路径研究

对协同创新视域下我国高校工业设计实验室建设与管理发展路径进行研究。运用文献计量研究全局性地分析了我国高校实验室发展历程以及工业实验室研究重点。构建基于共同体视域下的全链路动态协同的工业设计实验室建设与管理发展的内外路径以及全链路运行机制,并以校企联合项目为例对所搭建协同创新路径的可行性进行了验证。高校工业设计实验室协同创新路径为新时代高校实验室转型与高质量发展提供了一定的理论和实践参考。

人工智能技术在制鞋行业的应用

制鞋行业是传统的制造业。随着劳动力成本的上升和原材料价格的波动,制鞋行业的利润空间逐渐受到挤压。在此背景下,人工智能技术的应用为制鞋行业带来了新的机遇和挑战。通过机器人和自动化设备进行鞋类制造,可以降低人力成本并提高生产效率。本文介绍了人工智能的发展和在制鞋行业的应用前景,探讨了人工智能技术在鞋类设计、制造、供应链管理和销售等方面的应用,并通过具体案例展示了人工智能技术在制鞋行业的实际应用效果,有利于人工智能技术在制鞋行业中发挥更大作用,改变传统制鞋行业的运作模式。

海外钢铁EPC项目实施过程中的设计管理

基于中东地区炼钢连铸EPC项目的设计管理实践,分析了海外钢铁项目设计管理不同阶段的管理内容与原则,从设计风险管理、质量管理、进度管理、接口管理和设计服务管理方面,总结了海外钢铁项目设计管理的管理流程及具体措施,以促进海外钢铁EPC项目设计管理水平的提升。

两化融合管理体系在推动市政设计院数字化转型中的作用研究

两化融合是指信息化和工业化的融合,是工业和信息化部实施的关键战略。推动两化融合管理体系贯标,旨在帮助企业数字化转型,推动企业现代化发展。介绍了两化融合管理体系的背景和意义,结合市政设计行业数字化转型现状和需求,以S市政院管理流程打造为例,总结两化融合管理体系在推动市政设计院数字化转型过程中对工作效率和营收的提升作用。

轨道交通变流器共性技术研究综述

随着技术的不断进步,市场对变流器的品质要求日益提升,推动着变流器向轻量化、低噪声、高可靠性、美观的方向发展。文章重点介绍了轨道交通变流器设计中的重要共性技术,覆盖了功率器件应用、轻量化、减振降噪、电磁兼容、热管理、工业设计等重要领域,概述了这些重要共性技术的国内外发展现状,分析总结了各项技术当前所面临的难题与挑战,并以实际应用为例,对这些技术在提升产品市场竞争力所起到的重要作用进行了深入阐述,为设计出“更轻、更静、更可靠、更美观”的变流器提供参考与技术指引。