Focus
Production-oriented product design as a platform strategy including model and country variants
Procedure
- Scope and kick-off
Coordination of target system, measurability, milestones, project structure and interfaces
- Development status and initial data analysis
Current design status, existing specifications, concept approaches and conflicting objectives
- Analysis of current product and production system
Evaluation of production network including process landscape and technologies as well as structural focus topics, problems and potentials
- Adjustment of targets and concept approaches
Comparison and revision based on the findings out of the plant analysis of the production network
- Prioritization of key topics
Identification and chronological order of critical topics, coordination of work packages in the project and input in the milestone plan
- Working on key topics
Joint development of concepts to solve critical issues in cross-functional teams accompanied by detailed monitoring of the respective work packages
- Resolution of conflicting objectives
Identification of problem areas due to competing requirements/ interfaces and joint development of optimized overall solutions
- Overall project monitoring
Support for central project controlling through neutral evaluation of the project status and identification of potential problem areas as an active early warning system
Result
Optimized product design in terms of manufacturing cost, quality, weight, integration capability, investment requirements, warranty and CO2 footprint