Holistic integration of product, process and resources integration in the automotive industry using the example of car body design and production : product design, process modeling, IT implementation and potential benefits

• Main Author: Mbang Sama, Achille (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2008
• Series: Reihe Informationsmanagement im Engineering Karlsruhe / Hrsg.: Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Institut für Informationsmanagement im Ingenieurwesen (IMI)
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Product Creation Process; Design for X; Function-oriented Design; Car Body; Templates; Intelligent Features; Solution Patterns; PPR integration
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To increase competitiveness and sustainability, automotive companies have to formulate new business strategies that improve the intelligence, flexibility and re-configurability of the product creation process. The goal is to introduce platforms in which each product is produced in a highly integrate...