Continuous Production Requirements Management

Abstract:

Concurrent Engineering has been accepted as an integrated development concept offering significant benefits regarding to cost and development time. Despite of this agreement and the fact that shortened product lifecycles increase the necessity for stronger interaction between all stakeholders involved in product development, benefits are not achieved to the predicted extend. While reasons are manifold, a lack in structured and efficient communication between different departments can be identified as a key obstacle. Recent research activities had addressed requirements management processes outside the limited domain of software and product development and allowed for an integration of production requirements. This paper presents an approach which allows for a continuous requirements process within the production departments. Thus ensuring the integration of up-to-date requirements in all development activities.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 794)
• Pages: 500-506
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.794.500
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Jan Fabian Meis*, Gunther Reinhart
• Keywords: Concurrent Engineering, Manufacturing System, Production Planning

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