The BTH Product Development Research Lab is today one of the major academic players in the domain of model-driven decision support. A total of eight papers collecting current findings have been recently accepted for publication at the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17).
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ABSTRACT Due to ever increasing challenges faced by our global society, circular design and the idea of product-service systems (PSS) is gaining traction within businesses. However, ‘predicting’ the value of a future PSS solution in the early design phases is difficult, since it requires the ability to balance long term potential with short term decisions. […]
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ABSTRACT The paper presents a literature review about data mining applications in Product/Service-Systems (PSS) design. A systematic literature review, combined with snowballing techniques, has been run to identify relevant contributions in the area. The analysis has focused on the categorization of the contributions according to their impact on the PSS design process and according to […]
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ABSTRACT In production of automotive components, control-measuring is an important activity to assure that geometries meet expected tolerances. This is done via randomly taking parts out of production for control-measuring in a fixture. This fixture is both a tedious and repetitive product to design and configure. The aim of this paper is therefore to present […]
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ABSTRACT Global society is encountering many challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, etc., which comes with a set of challenges and opportunities for businesses. Applied research in operational tools and methods that support sustainable product- and service systems innovation, aims to strengthen businesses to overcome these challenges. In recent years, several tools and methods […]
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On Innovation Day, a yearly demonstration event for Blue Science Park, BTH, and entrepreneurial companies, Product Development Research Laboratory debuted it’s Volvo CE collaboration project. The scale site and its scale Volvo machines serve as an interactive demonstration tool for the potential impact of autonomous and electrified vehicles on future construction sites, as well as […]
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ABSTRACT The development of new technologically advanced products requires the contribution from a range of skills and disciplines, which are often difficult to find within a single company or organization. Requirements establishment practices in Systems Engineering (SE), while ensuring coordination of activities and tasks across the supply network, fall short when it comes to facilitate […]
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Mikael Johnsson’s research concluded his PhD research by presenting his thesis a while back. Here is a summary of his work. Mikael is now a postdoc with us. What was studied in your research, and who participated? Factors that enable innovation teams to conduct innovation work have been identified and studied through a longitude research on […]
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I fredags deltog Marco Bertoni i ”Affärsmodeller för avancerade tjänster hos produktföretag” workshop som arrangerades av Luleå Tekniska Universitet. Syftet med denna workshop var att lyfta diskussionen kring hur företag kan utveckla sin affärsmodell genom att sälja avancerade tilläggstjänster. Tillverkande företag inom många olika områden erbjuder alltfler avancerade tjänster kring sina produkter, något som också […]
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On December 9 Md. Shafiqul Islam, PhD Candidate, presented and successfully discussed his licentiate thesis in Mechanical Engineering.
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