TY - GEN
T1 - Optimizing the exchange of partial information in integrated product development with multiple activities
AU - Yassine, Ali A.
AU - Maddah, Bacel
AU - Jabbour, Joe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Integrated product development (IPD) requires the incorporation of downstream concerns during the execution of upstream activities. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model based on dynamic programming (DP) to determine the optimal partial information exchanges between activities in an IPD environment. We provide a novel formulation to optimize the flow of information in a set of sequential activities of any cardinality and show how rework cost can be reduced in an IPD environment. Furthermore, a simulation model is developed to study the effect of integration on the behavior of upstream activities in terms of the frequency and timing of considering partial information. The simulation helps draw out a series of observations about partial information usage, which could be used as general guidelines in an IPD environment.
AB - Integrated product development (IPD) requires the incorporation of downstream concerns during the execution of upstream activities. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model based on dynamic programming (DP) to determine the optimal partial information exchanges between activities in an IPD environment. We provide a novel formulation to optimize the flow of information in a set of sequential activities of any cardinality and show how rework cost can be reduced in an IPD environment. Furthermore, a simulation model is developed to study the effect of integration on the behavior of upstream activities in terms of the frequency and timing of considering partial information. The simulation helps draw out a series of observations about partial information usage, which could be used as general guidelines in an IPD environment.
KW - Dynamic programming
KW - Information exchange
KW - Overlapping
KW - Product development
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2012-70747
DO - 10.1115/DETC2012-70747
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884618530
SN - 9780791845066
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
SP - 559
EP - 567
BT - 9th International Conference on Design Education; 24th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
T2 - ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2012
Y2 - 12 August 2012 through 12 August 2012
ER -