Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978503
G. Schuh, G. Bergweiler, F. Fiedler, Kolja Lichtenthäler, Sebastian Leimbrink
This paper deals with the development and design of hybrid welding jigs with additive manufactured (AM) functional elements for pre-series automotive body shops. The designing of the hybrid welding jigs is based on a modular toolkit consisting of standard elements, additive manufactured elements and conventionally manufactured elements, such as 2D cut steel beams and machined location pins. In order to select the most suitable AM material, the AM materials with the highest cost-specific stiffness are analysed. The selected materials are then evaluated by a three-point bending flexural test for validation of the welding jig requirements. Finally, an example hybrid welding jig is designed and tested.
{"title":"Hybrid Welding Jigs with Additive Manufactured Functional Elements","authors":"G. Schuh, G. Bergweiler, F. Fiedler, Kolja Lichtenthäler, Sebastian Leimbrink","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978503","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the development and design of hybrid welding jigs with additive manufactured (AM) functional elements for pre-series automotive body shops. The designing of the hybrid welding jigs is based on a modular toolkit consisting of standard elements, additive manufactured elements and conventionally manufactured elements, such as 2D cut steel beams and machined location pins. In order to select the most suitable AM material, the AM materials with the highest cost-specific stiffness are analysed. The selected materials are then evaluated by a three-point bending flexural test for validation of the welding jig requirements. Finally, an example hybrid welding jig is designed and tested.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128447108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978554
James Prater, K. Kirytopoulos, T. Ma
One of the key activities for a project manager at the commencement of a new project is to develop an accurate realistic schedule. The development of an accurate schedule sets the project up for success and understanding what estimation techniques work, and more importantly the ones that don't work is key to setting the project up for success. This research reviews eight estimation techniques and provides a statistical insight into which of these techniques is perceived to work by project management practitioners.
{"title":"An Investigation of Estimation Techniques for Information Technology Projects","authors":"James Prater, K. Kirytopoulos, T. Ma","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978554","url":null,"abstract":"One of the key activities for a project manager at the commencement of a new project is to develop an accurate realistic schedule. The development of an accurate schedule sets the project up for success and understanding what estimation techniques work, and more importantly the ones that don't work is key to setting the project up for success. This research reviews eight estimation techniques and provides a statistical insight into which of these techniques is perceived to work by project management practitioners.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116838620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978790
Delphine Guillon, R. Ayachi, É. Vareilles, M. Aldanondo, É. Villeneuve, C. Merlo, Andrés Felipe Barco Santa
Today, consumption patterns are changing: firstly, customers (private and industrial ones) want more and more products and services that can be personalized to their needs, and secondly, they are more and more willing to pay for usage of a product rather than ownership. Companies have therefore to adapt their catalog of solutions by putting on the market customizable and suitable solutions going from products to services, including all their possible combinations. The aim of this article is to propose a generic knowledge-based model, dedicated to commercial offers configuration, which can cope with all the diversity of solutions a company can deliver. Up to our knowledge, even if some works on product, service and product-service system exist, none is generic enough to support such commercial offer configuration while bidding. In this paper, after a brief state-of-the-art, the need of a generic model is set up. Then, a unified model is proposed and illustrated on use-cases coming from industrial situations.
{"title":"A Generic Knowledge-based Model for Commercial Offers: Towards a Unified Model to Configure Products, Services and PSS During Calls for Tenders","authors":"Delphine Guillon, R. Ayachi, É. Vareilles, M. Aldanondo, É. Villeneuve, C. Merlo, Andrés Felipe Barco Santa","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978790","url":null,"abstract":"Today, consumption patterns are changing: firstly, customers (private and industrial ones) want more and more products and services that can be personalized to their needs, and secondly, they are more and more willing to pay for usage of a product rather than ownership. Companies have therefore to adapt their catalog of solutions by putting on the market customizable and suitable solutions going from products to services, including all their possible combinations. The aim of this article is to propose a generic knowledge-based model, dedicated to commercial offers configuration, which can cope with all the diversity of solutions a company can deliver. Up to our knowledge, even if some works on product, service and product-service system exist, none is generic enough to support such commercial offer configuration while bidding. In this paper, after a brief state-of-the-art, the need of a generic model is set up. Then, a unified model is proposed and illustrated on use-cases coming from industrial situations.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116760452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978697
A. Asmawi, N. Kamaruzaman, K. Chew, Nooraini Othman
Industry 4.0 radically disrupts manufacturing technologies, and also fundamentally impacts societal wellbeing. In Malaysia, R&D and innovation play a strategic role to ensure a smooth migration into Industry 4.0. However, the current levels of R&D and innovation are still inadequate. Hence, various national polices have called for greater university-industry R&D alliances. To increase these R&D alliances, further research on ‘alliance capability’ is needed. Alliance capabilities can be analyzed at the macro-level or micro-level. Currently, there is limited knowledge on how R&D university-industry alliances operate at the microlevel. Therefore, this study aims to construct a framework on how micro-level alliance capabilities influence R&D alliance success.
{"title":"Framework for Alliance Capabilities: A Study in Malaysian University-Industry R&D Alliances","authors":"A. Asmawi, N. Kamaruzaman, K. Chew, Nooraini Othman","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978697","url":null,"abstract":"Industry 4.0 radically disrupts manufacturing technologies, and also fundamentally impacts societal wellbeing. In Malaysia, R&D and innovation play a strategic role to ensure a smooth migration into Industry 4.0. However, the current levels of R&D and innovation are still inadequate. Hence, various national polices have called for greater university-industry R&D alliances. To increase these R&D alliances, further research on ‘alliance capability’ is needed. Alliance capabilities can be analyzed at the macro-level or micro-level. Currently, there is limited knowledge on how R&D university-industry alliances operate at the microlevel. Therefore, this study aims to construct a framework on how micro-level alliance capabilities influence R&D alliance success.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115518536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978851
Jaikishan T. Soman, R. Patil
In this paper, vehicle routing problems with release dates and due dates (VRPRDD) are considered. Each customer order will incur an inventory holding cost if the order is held back at the depot after its release date and a tardiness cost if the delivery happens after its due date. The mathematical model is proposed and solved using Reactive GRASP heuristics. The results from the heuristics are compared with that of the mathematical model solved by CPLEX. Results of various data sets are used to analyze the effect of cost and due date flexibility on the routes generated. The proposed heuristic method outperforms the MILP solver of CPLEX in terms of quality of solution and the computation time taken. We study the managerial implications and insights subject to flexibility in due dates, and cost structure.
{"title":"A Reactive GRASP Heuristic Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Problem with Release Date and Due Date Incurring Inventory Holding Cost and Tardiness Cost","authors":"Jaikishan T. Soman, R. Patil","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978851","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, vehicle routing problems with release dates and due dates (VRPRDD) are considered. Each customer order will incur an inventory holding cost if the order is held back at the depot after its release date and a tardiness cost if the delivery happens after its due date. The mathematical model is proposed and solved using Reactive GRASP heuristics. The results from the heuristics are compared with that of the mathematical model solved by CPLEX. Results of various data sets are used to analyze the effect of cost and due date flexibility on the routes generated. The proposed heuristic method outperforms the MILP solver of CPLEX in terms of quality of solution and the computation time taken. We study the managerial implications and insights subject to flexibility in due dates, and cost structure.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114485844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978607
M. Zellner, A. Abbas
An option to delay can increase a project's value by providing the flexibility of choosing various decision alternatives after an uncertainty has been revealed. Therefore, options are valuable in settings with high uncertainty and high upfront investments. This paper presents an engineering management decision and determines the corresponding value of the option to delay using a decision analytic approach. The case study and sensitivity analyses show that the option value attains its maximum at the parameter setting that makes the decision maker without the option to delay indifferent between alternatives, indicating the close relationship between the value of perfect information and option value. The insights provide rules of thumb and provide an upper limit to how much should be spent on attaining an option to delay.
{"title":"Valuing the Option to Delay in Engineering Management: A Case Study","authors":"M. Zellner, A. Abbas","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978607","url":null,"abstract":"An option to delay can increase a project's value by providing the flexibility of choosing various decision alternatives after an uncertainty has been revealed. Therefore, options are valuable in settings with high uncertainty and high upfront investments. This paper presents an engineering management decision and determines the corresponding value of the option to delay using a decision analytic approach. The case study and sensitivity analyses show that the option value attains its maximum at the parameter setting that makes the decision maker without the option to delay indifferent between alternatives, indicating the close relationship between the value of perfect information and option value. The insights provide rules of thumb and provide an upper limit to how much should be spent on attaining an option to delay.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115712619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978795
S. Torsakul, Natha Kuptasthien
This experimental research investigates the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of the rigid thermal insulation foams fabricated from mixtures of vetiver fibers (VF) and the polyurethane (PU) composites. The vetiver fibers were of three mesh sizes (100, 150 and 200 mesh) and the VF concentrations were varied from 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% to 30% w/w. The results revealed that the VF influenced the density, thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of the VF-PU foams. Specifically, the foam density was inversely correlated with the VF concentration, while the thermal conductivity and the VF content were positively correlated. The increase in the VF content contributed to the deterioration of the mechanical properties because of the development of large closed cells. The results also showed that the 200-mesh VF was the optimal mesh size due to the lowest thermal conductivity. In fact, all the experimental VF-PU foams meet the ASTM C 208 standard, indicating the prospects of mixing the vetiver fibers with polyurethane to produce the environmentally-friendly thermal insulation foams.
本实验研究了香根草纤维(VF)与聚氨酯(PU)复合材料制备的硬质保温泡沫材料的导热性能和力学性能。香根草纤维为100、150、200目,VF浓度为0%、5%、10%、15%、20%、25% ~ 30% w/w。结果表明,VF对VF- pu泡沫的密度、导热系数和力学性能均有影响。其中,泡沫密度与VF浓度呈负相关,导热系数与VF含量呈正相关。VF含量的增加导致了大的封闭细胞的形成,从而导致了力学性能的恶化。结果还表明,由于导热系数最低,200目VF是最佳的网目尺寸。事实上,所有实验用VF-PU泡沫均符合ASTM C 208标准,表明香根草纤维与聚氨酯混合生产环保型保温泡沫的前景广阔。
{"title":"The Energy-Efficient and Environmentally-Friendly Vetiver-Polyurethane Thermal Insulation Foams","authors":"S. Torsakul, Natha Kuptasthien","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978795","url":null,"abstract":"This experimental research investigates the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of the rigid thermal insulation foams fabricated from mixtures of vetiver fibers (VF) and the polyurethane (PU) composites. The vetiver fibers were of three mesh sizes (100, 150 and 200 mesh) and the VF concentrations were varied from 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% to 30% w/w. The results revealed that the VF influenced the density, thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of the VF-PU foams. Specifically, the foam density was inversely correlated with the VF concentration, while the thermal conductivity and the VF content were positively correlated. The increase in the VF content contributed to the deterioration of the mechanical properties because of the development of large closed cells. The results also showed that the 200-mesh VF was the optimal mesh size due to the lowest thermal conductivity. In fact, all the experimental VF-PU foams meet the ASTM C 208 standard, indicating the prospects of mixing the vetiver fibers with polyurethane to produce the environmentally-friendly thermal insulation foams.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116210415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978667
P. Humbeck, Elena Vock, T. Bauernhansl
The mechanical engineering industry faces major challenges due to digital transformation. Business model innovation is needed to uncover new sales potential and sustain a competitive advantage. A trend towards servitization is gaining traction - products and services are merging into integrated Product-Service Systems (PSS), providing a higher added value to customers. By cooperating with companies of different sizes and branches that bring novel competencies, resources and market channels, a holistic development over the entire PSS lifecycle is enabled. Business ecosystems emerge if this defined value proposition materializes through the interaction of its actors. The increased organizational and technological interdependencies within this system calls for adequate management. The aim of this paper is to present a state-of-the-art literature research related to the management of the development of a PSS within business ecosystems. Literature from six databases and one search engine was reviewed systematically. The result of the paper is the derivation of 18 fields of action formulating the basis for the design of a management concept.
{"title":"Towards the Management of the Development of Product-Service Systems in Business Ecosystems - State-of-the-Art","authors":"P. Humbeck, Elena Vock, T. Bauernhansl","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978667","url":null,"abstract":"The mechanical engineering industry faces major challenges due to digital transformation. Business model innovation is needed to uncover new sales potential and sustain a competitive advantage. A trend towards servitization is gaining traction - products and services are merging into integrated Product-Service Systems (PSS), providing a higher added value to customers. By cooperating with companies of different sizes and branches that bring novel competencies, resources and market channels, a holistic development over the entire PSS lifecycle is enabled. Business ecosystems emerge if this defined value proposition materializes through the interaction of its actors. The increased organizational and technological interdependencies within this system calls for adequate management. The aim of this paper is to present a state-of-the-art literature research related to the management of the development of a PSS within business ecosystems. Literature from six databases and one search engine was reviewed systematically. The result of the paper is the derivation of 18 fields of action formulating the basis for the design of a management concept.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127570299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978516
Kun Wang, Peng Liu, Anran Zhao, Qixun Zhang, Lei Wang, Yiming Xue, Xiyu Gao, Dawei Gao
In recent years, manufacturing execution system (MES) has been widely used in the manufacturing industry. MES plays an important role in supporting enterprise workshop management. However, generalized MES cannot be applied well in steel structure enterprises due to the particularity and complexity of steel structure enterprises. This paper takes into account the production characteristics and needs of steel structure enterprises and an MES structure based on cyber-physical system (CPS) is proposed. This architecture includes the physical layer, the network layer and the application layer. The cloud platform-based MES system was applied to a steel structure enterprise in Changchun, China, and the functions of each module were introduced in detail. The MES can effectively improve the informatization level of the enterprise, creating a transparent, informative and intelligent production environment for steel structure enterprises. The developed MES can improve resource utilization, reduce enterprise costs, improve product quality, and lay the foundation for steel structure enterprises to found intelligent factories.
{"title":"Development and Application of MES Based on Cloud Platform for Steel Structure Enterprises","authors":"Kun Wang, Peng Liu, Anran Zhao, Qixun Zhang, Lei Wang, Yiming Xue, Xiyu Gao, Dawei Gao","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978516","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, manufacturing execution system (MES) has been widely used in the manufacturing industry. MES plays an important role in supporting enterprise workshop management. However, generalized MES cannot be applied well in steel structure enterprises due to the particularity and complexity of steel structure enterprises. This paper takes into account the production characteristics and needs of steel structure enterprises and an MES structure based on cyber-physical system (CPS) is proposed. This architecture includes the physical layer, the network layer and the application layer. The cloud platform-based MES system was applied to a steel structure enterprise in Changchun, China, and the functions of each module were introduced in detail. The MES can effectively improve the informatization level of the enterprise, creating a transparent, informative and intelligent production environment for steel structure enterprises. The developed MES can improve resource utilization, reduce enterprise costs, improve product quality, and lay the foundation for steel structure enterprises to found intelligent factories.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127041280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-01DOI: 10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978493
C. Rennpferdt, D. Krause
Many companies are expanding their product program in response to current megatrends. In many cases, this leads to an increase in complexity within the company. One way of counteracting this is to develop variety-oriented product structures. However, existing methods do not consider the fact that in many products the functionalities are realized by physical components and/or software. This paper presents an adaptation of the Design for Variety Method (DfV) of the integrated PKT-approach is presented that permits considering the software domain while using the method. The necessary adaptations are presented for each step of the method. It concludes with an outlook on further possible research topics.
{"title":"Adapted Design for Variety: Consideration of the Software-Domain","authors":"C. Rennpferdt, D. Krause","doi":"10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM44572.2019.8978493","url":null,"abstract":"Many companies are expanding their product program in response to current megatrends. In many cases, this leads to an increase in complexity within the company. One way of counteracting this is to develop variety-oriented product structures. However, existing methods do not consider the fact that in many products the functionalities are realized by physical components and/or software. This paper presents an adaptation of the Design for Variety Method (DfV) of the integrated PKT-approach is presented that permits considering the software domain while using the method. The necessary adaptations are presented for each step of the method. It concludes with an outlook on further possible research topics.","PeriodicalId":255418,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127188617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}