TY - GEN
T1 - A multilayer approach for early cost estimation of mechatronical products
AU - Braun, Stefanie C.
AU - Lindemann, Udo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The approach presented in this paper enables interdisciplinary design teams to make their concept decision based on an early, but meaningful cost estimate of competing product concept alternatives. This assists in developing and producing products that are very likely not to exceed today's tight target costs. The method considers the heterogeneity of mechatronical systems by integrating costs resulting from cross-domain product and process interfaces. Methods for early cost estimation from the different engineering domains are integrated to determine the one-off (development) costs as well as the running (production) costs of a mechatronical product. Additionally, the method presented supports a transparent and continuous preparation of the product and process information available in the early stages of product development. Due to the direct linkage between costs and system elements as well as product functions via a combined DSM/DMM (Design Structure Matrix/Domain Mapping Matrix) approach, cost reduction potentials can be systematically identified. Impacts of resulting product structure modifications on the total product costs can be traced easily, leading to a simplified cost estimation of product concept variants.
AB - The approach presented in this paper enables interdisciplinary design teams to make their concept decision based on an early, but meaningful cost estimate of competing product concept alternatives. This assists in developing and producing products that are very likely not to exceed today's tight target costs. The method considers the heterogeneity of mechatronical systems by integrating costs resulting from cross-domain product and process interfaces. Methods for early cost estimation from the different engineering domains are integrated to determine the one-off (development) costs as well as the running (production) costs of a mechatronical product. Additionally, the method presented supports a transparent and continuous preparation of the product and process information available in the early stages of product development. Due to the direct linkage between costs and system elements as well as product functions via a combined DSM/DMM (Design Structure Matrix/Domain Mapping Matrix) approach, cost reduction potentials can be systematically identified. Impacts of resulting product structure modifications on the total product costs can be traced easily, leading to a simplified cost estimation of product concept variants.
KW - Cost estimation
KW - Design structure matrix
KW - Domain mapping matrix
KW - Mechatronics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862592419&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862592419
SN - 1904670024
SN - 9781904670025
T3 - Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
BT - Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design
T2 - 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2007
Y2 - 28 July 2007 through 31 July 2007
ER -