Towards a lifecycle-oriented planning of a platform portfolio

Sebastian A. Schenkl, Robert Orawski, Fatos Elezi, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

Product platforms are an approach of variant management which is widely used in industry. During the planning process of a platform portfolio, the scope for development of derivative products based on a platform is limited to some extent. In this paper, we address temporal aspects of a platform portfolio. The task during the planning process is to find an optimal compromise of the scheduling of products and platforms with their revisions. To gain a decision-making ability about the future platform portfolio, dynamic changes during the lifecycle of product platforms must be anticipated. That can be achieved by forecasting changes and variations of a company's context and within the own organization and to analyze its impact on the platform portfolio.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011
Pages714-718
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 6 Dec 20119 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
ISSN (Print)2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)2157-362X

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2011
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period6/12/119/12/11

Keywords

  • Context factors
  • lifecycle
  • planning
  • platform
  • product

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