Research – Page 33 – Product Development Research Lab

Insert innovation: Strengthening the innovative capability of a large, mature firm

25th May 2018
1 Comment

ABSTRACT Large, mature firms that during many years have operated in stable and predictable business environments tend to have clear, predictable and linear product development processes with well-defined roles and […]

Sharing

On knowledge maturity and biased nature of staged decision making in a high consequence industry

25th May 2018
1 Comment

ABSTRACT This paper explores and problematizes decision-making in a high-consequence industry which is characterized by the stage-gate process. We showcase that decision-makers do not differentiate between the types of knowledge […]

Sharing

Design and Frugal Innovations: Three roles of resource-poor people

25th May 2018
No Comment

ABSTRACT Design is imperative to satisfy needs of people in resource-limited societies. Many design studies have been carried out in the context of such societies in developing countries, and are […]

Sharing

Model Driven Decision Arena: an aerospace study

25th May 2018
2 Comments

ABSTRACT The concept of Decision Theatre (DT) is of great interest to leverage knowledge sharing in early stage design decision events. Yet, few contributions show how to configure a DT […]

Sharing

Model-based decision support for value and sustainability assessment: applying machine learning in aerospace product development

25th May 2018
2 Comments

ABSTRACT This paper presents a prescriptive approach toward the integration of value and sustainability models in an automated decision support environment enabled by machine learning (ML). The approach allows the […]

Sharing

Model-driven value assessment: a case from the food packaging industry

25th May 2018
2 Comments

ABSTRACT Consumer perception of food packaging solutions is driven by early design decisions on paperboard configuration and manufacturing technologies. Simulation Driven Design is common to frontload design activities, but is […]

Sharing

A model-driven decision arena: Augmenting decision making in early design

14th May 2018
3 Comments

ABSTRACT A wide variety of expert competencies, transcending traditional disciplines, are needed to foresee and evaluate the impact of decisions in the conceptual phase of engineering design. Where this previously […]

Sharing

Design creativity: refined method for novelty assessment

11th May 2018
No Comment

ABSTRACT Novelty is an important characteristic of a creative idea, forming a core component of creativity. Measurement of novelty is therefore essential to assess creativity. We found deficiencies in a […]

Sharing

Intentions and Inspiration in Shaping Visual Appearance of Products: The Practice of Professional Industrial Designers in India

19th April 2018
No Comment

ABSTRACT Eliciting specific intentions and seeking inspiration are important activities in the process of shaping a product’s visual appearance. A survey of the professional industrial designers was conducted to identify […]

Sharing

Experimental and numerical assessment of the work of fracture in injection-moulded low-density polyethylene

22nd March 2018
No Comment

ABSTRACT The fracture mechanics properties of injection-moulded low-density polyethylene (LDPE) sheets were investigated both experimentally and numerically. The total work of fracture was determined experimentally, by means of fracture mechanics […]

Sharing