This paper presents a five-phase taxonomy of systematic procedures to enable flexibility in
the design and management of engineering systems operating under uncertainty. The …

Supplier relationships in the automotive industry have changed fundamentally in recent
decades owing to trends such as less vertical integration, global sourcing, simultaneous …

This article introduces an approach to assess the value and manage flexibility in
engineering systems design based on decision rules and stochastic programming. The …

Designing an engineering system that is both environmentally and economically sustainable
is a challenging task. Designers need to cope with socio-technical uncertainties and design …

Validation of design methods is a challenge in design research, as there is a lack of
common methodology. This contribution investigates how validation of design methods is …

In the development of complex products, there are various design changes from the product
itself, costumers need, and manufacturing environment issues. However, few references …

This paper outlines a generic method for quantifying changeability level, to support better
decision making in the early stages of design of engineering systems. Changeability …

Requirements play a critical role in the design process and are important to the project's
success. The design process is iterative, and requirements are constantly changed and …

Products evolve over time via the continual redesigns of interdependent components.
Product architecture, which is embodied in the structure of interactions among components …

The terms module and modularity are not part of the technical taxonomy in any of the
systems engineering standards, which do not regard a module as a part of the formal system …