@inproceedings{b24c534942b441a4b8a7d4d61323e3f7,
title = "The strategic process for developing a building set for complex products",
abstract = "Increasing market pressure, both in the meaning of higher customer demands and more competition, forces companies to develop more and more differentiated products with greater efficiency and fewer resources. One approach is the development of the product spectrum as a building set. Within this contribution, we would like to present an exemplary process for implementing a building set strategy mainly from the viewpoint of product development in early stages of the development process. That process contains the stages of planning and analysing the product architecture, the design of a building set, as well as further steps such as evaluation and implementation of the concept. Respective tools and methods will be introduced. The contribution is based upon practical experience in the automotive industry.",
keywords = "Best practice, Complexity management, Integrated product development, Modularity and standardization, Variant management",
author = "Christoph Baumberger and Udo Lindemann and Udo Pulm",
year = "2003",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED",
publisher = "Design Society",
editor = "Anders Folkeson and Margareta Norell and Ulf Sellgren and Klas Gralen",
booktitle = "Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design",
note = "14th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2003 ; Conference date: 19-08-2003 Through 21-08-2003",
}