Context-aware systems are gaining increasing importance in industry as managing and
using context information opens new opportunities for reconfiguration, digital twin concepts …

Undoubtedly, this dissertation was written during one of the most influential and multifaceted
periods in my life–during my time as an external PhD candidate at the Institute of Product …

The Change from seller's to buyer's market leads to a high variance of individualized
products for most companies. However, a high product variety usually leads to an increased …

Durch unterschiedliche Entwicklungstrends, wie zB die Globalisierung des Wettbewerbs,
dynamische Anforderungen an die Produkte und kürzere Produktlebenszyklen, stehen …

A new product development represents a technical, organisational and financial challenge
for companies. The use of new technologies and implementation of innovative approaches …

Variety traditionally denotes products that serve a wide range of customer needs. However,
variety in production exists too. Like products, production processes and production …

TOWARDS A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF MODULAR PRODUCT PROGRAMS Page
1 DESIGN METHODS 959 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE - DESIGN 2012 …

One of the major challenges in variety management of modular product families is to prevent
continuously generated variants of design elements. This paper aims to provide guidance …

Megatrends of globalisation and individualisation characterize global markets. Hence,
varying individual customer needs need to be satisfied and products need to be compli-ant …

There exists a vast quantity and variety of processes, methods, and tools for the purpose of
developing and implementing new product structures. They are intended for different starting …