Product Upgradability: Towards a Medical Analogy
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ADVANCES IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: INNOVATIVE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL-LOCAL WORLD, APMS 2014, PT III |
| Editors | B Grabot, B Vallespir, S Gomes, A Bouras, D Kiritsis |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag, Berlin |
| Pages | 148-155 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 440 |
| Edition | PART 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783662447321 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APSM) - Ajaccio, France Duration: 20 Sep 2014 → 24 Sep 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology |
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| Publisher | SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN |
| Volume | 440 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1868-4238 |
Conference
| Conference | IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APSM) |
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| Country | France |
| Period | 20/09/14 → 24/09/14 |
Abstract
This paper explored the analogy between the medical area and product design. Many similarities, shared between the genetic mutation permitting human to ensure its survival and the product undergoing the introduction of new technologies to meet the market fluctuation, are found to propose this analogy. From creating genetic reference space to transplant technology into product, fundamental process of survival and evolution will be described and allows the parallel with a product, to understand how the evolution of product respond to future needs. It also ensures the durability of resources in an ecological perspective. We discuss the complexity of establishing the right diagnosis for directing the design to choose the right technology and to enable its future integration into a living product. This uncertainty in the technological maturity but also the integrability of this technology in the current product at first, then in the future will allow its product development. Conclusions for the use of this analogy and the justification to describe "living product" will be drawn.
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Keywords
- Changeable product, DFX, Living product, Proactive engineering, Technology introduction, Upgradability