TY - GEN
T1 - A simulation model for managing engineering changes along with new product development
AU - Li, Weilin
AU - Moon, Young B.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a process model for managing Engineering Changes (ECs) while other New Product Development (NPD) activities are being carried out in a company. The discrete-event simulation model incorporates Engineering Change Management (ECM) into an NPD environment by allowing ECs to share resources with regular NPD activities. Six model variables - (i) overlapping, (ii) NPD departmental interaction, (iii) ECM effort, (iv) resource constraints, (v) arrival rate, and (vi) resource using priority - are explored to identify how they affect lead time and productivity of both NPD and ECM. Decision-making suggestions for minimum EC impact are then drawn from an overall enterprise system level perspective based on the simulation results.
AB - This paper presents a process model for managing Engineering Changes (ECs) while other New Product Development (NPD) activities are being carried out in a company. The discrete-event simulation model incorporates Engineering Change Management (ECM) into an NPD environment by allowing ECs to share resources with regular NPD activities. Six model variables - (i) overlapping, (ii) NPD departmental interaction, (iii) ECM effort, (iv) resource constraints, (v) arrival rate, and (vi) resource using priority - are explored to identify how they affect lead time and productivity of both NPD and ECM. Decision-making suggestions for minimum EC impact are then drawn from an overall enterprise system level perspective based on the simulation results.
KW - Discrete-event simulation
KW - Engineering change management
KW - New product development
KW - Process modeling
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U2 - 10.5220/0001852200130018
DO - 10.5220/0001852200130018
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:74549202769
SN - 9789898111845
T3 - ICEIS 2009 - 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Proceedings
SP - 13
EP - 18
BT - ICEIS 2009 - 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Proceedings
PB - INSTICC Press
T2 - ICEIS 2009 - 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
Y2 - 6 May 2009 through 10 May 2009
ER -