IDENTIFICATION OF THE OPTIMAL PRODUCT DESIGN CONSIDERING THREE LEVELS OF CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS IN ONE-OF-A-KIND PRODUCTION

摘要

This research addresses the issues to identify the optimal product design based on individual customer requirements in one-of-a-kind production (OKP) environment. In this work, a function-structure model is introduced for representing the variations of functions, configurations and parameters in generic OKP products. Requirements of individual customers are modeled at three different levels: function level, technical level and solution level. Customized OKP products are created from the generic OKP products based on customer requirements. The optimal product design is identified from feasible design candidates through optimization. An industrial case study is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the introduced approach.