ASSEMBLY TIME ESTIMATION MODEL FOR EARLY PRODUCT DESIGN PHASES – CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND EMPIRICAL VALIDATION
DS 70: Proceedings of DESIGN 2012, the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2012
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Halfmann, N.; Krause, D.
Section: Design support tools
Page(s): 455-464
Abstract
Concept development for products designed for assembly requires continous analysis of the resulting production processes. Exisiting methods for assembly time calculation require high quality of product information to provide significant results and their
Keywords: design for assembly, assembly time evaluation, design structure matrix, assembly sequencing