Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies

Katrin Kristjansdottir; Sara Shafiee; Lars Hvam

doi:10.1109/IEEM.2016.7798190

Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies

Katrin Kristjansdottir, Sara Shafiee, Lars Hvam

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Abstract

This paper will address how to develop a strategy when developing and implementing product configuration systems (PCSs) in engineer-to-order (ETO) companies. PCSs are often gradually implemented especially where there are complex products and processes in order to break down the overall project and reduce risk. This highlights the importance of having an overall strategy to guide the long-term development and implementation of PCSs In this paper, guideline for making the strategy are provided and supplemented with examples based on a case study. The guideline includes the main objectives for the development and implementation process, PCSs to be used to support the sales and /or the engineering processes, more uniform IT support for making product configurations, combining output from different PCSs and finally integrations that includes both internal and external IT systems. Based on this an overview of how PCSs can support the overall configuration process can be generated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2016
Pages	1809-1813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7798190
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) - Duration: 4 Dec 2016 → 7 Dec 2016 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.proxy.findit.dtu.dk/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7787014

Conference

Conference	2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)
Period	04/12/2016 → 07/12/2016
Internet address	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.proxy.findit.dtu.dk/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7787014

Series	2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem)
ISSN	2157-362x

Keywords

Companies
Guidelines
Solid modeling
Production
Knowledge based systems
Software
Unified modeling language
Strategy
Product configuration system (PCS)
Processes improvements

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Kristjansdottir, K., Shafiee, S., & Hvam, L. (2016). Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) (pp. 1809-1813). IEEE. 2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem) https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7798190

Kristjansdottir, Katrin ; Shafiee, Sara ; Hvam, Lars. / Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). IEEE, 2016. pp. 1809-1813 (2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem)).

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Kristjansdottir, K, Shafiee, S & Hvam, L 2016, Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies. in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). IEEE, 2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem), pp. 1809-1813, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 04/12/2016. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7798190

Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies. / Kristjansdottir, Katrin; Shafiee, Sara ; Hvam, Lars.

2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). IEEE, 2016. p. 1809-1813 (2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem)).

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Kristjansdottir K, Shafiee S , Hvam L. Development and implementation strategy for the of product configuration systems in engineer-to-order companies. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM). IEEE. 2016. p. 1809-1813. (2016 Ieee International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (ieem)). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2016.7798190