Toda variação dimensional de montagem está baseada no empilhamento entre geometrias por formas e furos/pinos de localização em dispositivos. A capacidade de se garantir a menor variação dimensional é proporcional ao número de empilhamentos e ao comportamento geométrico dos componentes para formar o conjunto. Quanto maior a dependência geométrica no empilhamento, maior a probabilidade de variação. Entenda-se por dependência geométrica as conseqüências dimensionais circunstanciadas pela geometria de contato entre componentes, que facilitarão ou não os processos produtivos. Por este conceito, as necessidades relativas ao controle produtivo baseiam-se na capacitação do processo à necessidade do produto e vice-versa (a um processo instalado, desenvolver o produto cuja fabricação seja capaz em garantir o seu desempenho). A capacitação do processo deve-se à garantia sobre controles de componentes e conjuntos, mediante a avaliação de correta aplicação de tolerâncias dimensionais e geométricas no projeto e na garantia do processo. O desempenho do produto está garantida pelos seis graus de liberdade traduzidos como referências de localização e montagem para a sua função. Aspectos relacionados à rigidez de estrutura são relevantes e poderão ser inseridos nos estudos para garantia de conceitos a serem avaliados. O diagrama operacional proposto tem como foco reunir atividades e padrões de desenvolvimento de produtos e capacitação do processo, gerenciados por ferramentas de desenvolvimento e qualidade e controle dos processos. O benefício principal do diagrama operacional está na identificação de correlação de atividades, padrões de variações e capacidades produtivas, por meio da criação de referências geométricas e dimensionais. Por meio deste diagrama operacional há o desenvolvimento associado à avaliação de validação de montagens de produtos. E ainda uma correlação conseqüente à otimização de processos e produtos. A base de dados para esse projeto está nos vários processos e conceitos de produtos empregados, na disponibilidade das referências bibliográficas sobre viii capacidades de sistemas de inspeção, introdução aos princípios de tolerância, intrínsecas ao desenvolvimento de produtos e processo, ao processo de validação de componentes, nas análises de tensões e deformações e pelo embasamento em tolerâncias dimensionais e geométricas pela ASME Y 14.5 M. Identifica-se ainda a padronização de aplicação de referenciais para inspeção e processos de união entre componentes, definidos por estratégias de localização. / All assembly dimensional and geometric variation are based on geometries stack ups by profiles, locating holes and pins on fixtures. There is a direct relation between the number of stack ups, the final variation and geometry of assembly components. The probability of variation is directly related to the geometry dependency, that are circumstances of dimensional consequences for product and process. Based on this concept, process control is related to the process capability and product performance, and vice-versa (based on a installed process, the product must be robust for that process). The process capability focus the components and assemblies assurance, based on the dimensional and geometric tolerance. Also the process assurances are about components and assemblies control, based on correct dimensional and geometric tolerance. The product performance is dimensionally assured by the six degrees of freedom translated as locating and assembly references for its function. Aspects related to the stiffness are relevant and the concepts will be presented. The proposed Operational Diagram is focused to meet activities and product pattern development with process capacity, managed by quality tools and process control methodology. The benefits of Operational Diagram are to identify and make the correlation among activities, capability and variation through dimensional and geometric references creation, with product and process continuous improvement. The data base for this proposal are in the multiples process and project applied, in the information, in the process validation based on statistical analysis, in the CAE tooling with basis on tolerance by ASME Y 14.5 M., that identify references application, referenced to the locating strategy.

Este presente trabalho visa avaliar a aplicação da metodologia Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) ao processo de desenvolvimento de veículos (PDV) visando atingir níveis de qualidade Seis Sigma quando do início do processo de fabricação. Na verdade, quando se fala em fabricar produtos que já nasçam com níveis de qualidade Seis Sigma, não significa que seja mandatório que se obtenha a honrosa relação de 3,4 defeitos por milhão de oportunidades, mas sim que proporcionem resultados positivos em relação à melhoria da qualidade, otimização de custos, redução do tempo de desenvolvimento, vislumbrando o mais importante de todos os aspectos: o total entusiasmo do cliente. Para tanto, quando se fala da aplicação do DFSS no âmbito do desenvolvimento de veículos, o panorama deste contexto torna-se relativamente mais amplo e complexo, face ao nível de desenvolvimento tecnológico deste setor. O assunto é introduzido descrevendo-se o processo de desenvolvimento de veículos em sua abordagem atualmente difundida, alicerçada por um processo bem definido e estruturado, para se poder introduzir o DFSS neste processo. Antes, porém, introduz-se toda a metodologia referente ao Seis Sigma, por ser o fundamento base para a criação do DFSS. Por fim, a colocação de um estudo de caso procura relatar a aplicação da metodologia DFSS aplicada especificamente para a GM, procurando relatar a estratégia da aplicação, bem como seus principais ganhos alcançados. / This present work aims to evaluate the application of the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology to the vehicle development process (VDP) seeking to reach Six Sigma quality levels when the beginning of the production process. Actually, when it is spoken in manufacturing products that are already born with Six Sigma quality levels, it doesn\'t mean that it is mandatory that must be obtained the honorable relationship of 3,4 defects per millions of opportunities, but that provide positive results in relation to the quality improvement, costs optimization, reduction of the development timing, glimpsing the most important of all of the aspects: the customer\'s total enthusiasm. For that, when it is spoken about the application of DFSS in the extent of the vehicles development, the scenery of this context becomes relatively wider and complex, face at the level of technological development of this section. The subject is introduced being described the vehicles development process in its approach currently spread, found by a very defined and structured process, to allow introducing DFSS in this process. Before, however, the whole methodology regarding Six Sigma is introduced, for being the foundation base for the creation of DFSS. Finally, the placement of a case study tries to demonstrate the application of the DFSS methodology applied specifically for GM, trying to report the strategy of the application, as well as their main reached benefits.

A crescente tendência de participação dos fornecedores no processo de desenvolvimento de produto da indústria automotiva, faz com que o estudo desta parceria se torne importante, tanto para as montadoras quanto para os fornecedores. O principal objetivo desta parceria é a utilização da capacidade de engenharia dos fornecedores (know-how), permitindo assim, a incorporação de novas tecnologias ao veículo e a redução dos custos de desenvolvimento das montadoras. Observa-se cada vez mais dentro da montadora, discussões sobre o co-desenvolvimento (co-design) nos projetos automotivos, níveis de integração com o fornecedor, fase do projeto adequada para o envolvimento dos fornecedores, o nível adequado de detalhamento das especificações técnicas utilizadas como referência inicial pelos fornecedores, a definição das responsabilidades de cada parceiro e o próprio processo para realização do desenvolvimento em parceria. O presente trabalho explora de que forma tais questões são atualmente abordadas na subsidiária brasileira de uma montadora, através do estudo de seus processos e ferramentas e da comparação com as informações disponíveis na bibliografia e estudadas no meio acadêmico. Com este trabalho, pretende-se fornecer informações que possam auxiliar montadoras e fornecedores na melhoria de seus processos internos de desenvolvimento de produto, principalmente nas questões relativas ao co-desenvolvimento (co-design). / The increasing trend of suppliers participation in the automotive industry product development process makes the study of this partnership important for automakers and suppliers. The main objective of this partnership is to take advantage of suppliers engineering capability (know-how) in order to bring new technologies to the vehicle and reduce automakers development costs. It is becoming more and more common inside automakers, discussions regarding co-design in automotive projects, supplier integration levels, suitable project phase to get suppliers involved, suitable level of details for automakers technical specifications used as initial reference by suppliers, the responsibilities definition of each partner and the process to perform development in a partnership relation. This work explores how these issues are currently addressed in a Brazilian automaker subsidiary, through the study of its processes and tools and the comparison with the information available in the bibliography and studied academically. Finally, this work intends to provide information that can assist automakers and suppliers to improve their internal product development processes, mainly regarding co-design.

Detta arbete innefattar nyutveckling av en maskin till företaget Meva. Maskinen ska kunna montera distanser i plåtar som är en viktig del i en viss typ av vattenreningsmaskin. Vattenreningsmaskinerna som berörs av detta arbete är två lamellseparatorer. En lamellseparator används för att skilja vattnet från större skräp för att det inte ska följa med till känsligare delar av vattenreningen. Idag sker monteringen av distanserna manuellt vilket medför höga arbetskostnader. Det företaget vill undersöka är således hur en automatiserad  monteringsprocess skulle kunna så ut. Syftet med detta arbete är att bidra till att minska arbetskostnader och ge en grund till projektet. För att uppnå önskat resultat används strukturerad produktutvecklingsmetodik från idé till koncept. Resultatet är ett konceptförslag där det ges förslag på lösningar, materialval och fortsatt arbete. Konceptet är en maskin som med hjälp av pneumatiska cylindrar och pneumatiska gripdon kan montera distanserna i plåtarna. / This thesis is about development of a machine for a company called Meva. The machine is supposed to assemble plastic spacers in metal plates that are mounted in water treatment machines. The water treatment machines that are affected by this thesis are two lamella separators. A lamella separator is used to separate larger solid objects from the water to prevent the objects to get to the finer stages of water treatment. Today the assembling of spacers is made by hand and is therefore an expensive process. Therefore, the company wants to investigate how such an automated process could look like. The goal is that this machine will help to reduce some of the assembly costs and create a foundation for the project. To achieve wished results, structured product development methods from an idea to a finished concept are used. At the end of this thesis a concept is shown, solutions for materials are proposed and recommendations for continued work are given. The concept is a machine that with the help of pneumatic cylinders and pneumatic grippers can assemble the plastic pacers in the plates.

Abstract The Finnish chemical forest industry has undergone a profound structural change over the past two decades. The basic industry is increasingly focusing its product development investments on its own products and operations while the development of processes and process machinery is left to specialised companies. At the same time the purchases of the pulp and paper industry are becoming larger: there is a shift from single device purchases to larger functional units. This research studies the Finnish process machinery industry serving the needs of the pulp and paper industry and its product development environment and strategies, and evaluates the ability of selected case companies to design integrated process solutions. Particularly the role of measurement and automation technology in these solutions is under closer scrutiny. Aspects of product life cycles and technology management, together with various procedures and operating models for innovation and product development processes, are discussed on the basis of the literature. The empirical part of the research was carried out as a case study with several Finnish companies manufacturing machinery and equipment for the chemical forest industry. The results show that the strategies of the studied industry are still very much dominated by the traditional emphasis on machinery design and construction. The change in the customers' purchasing behaviour towards ever larger units and functions is reflected particularly as increasingly large delivery projects. The units required by the customers are put together in the project phase, using parts and components developed in isolation from each other. There is very little evidence of actual product development, design or producing of integrated process solutions. In those cases where the design work has explicitly aimed at an integrated functional unit, the result has been a process that the customer can easily purchase and where the supplier's expertise in processes and process control is already included in the package. Designing integrated process solutions takes more than technical expertise and capability: the strategy, organisation, and product development process of the supplier company must support the integration of different technologies and expertise areas in the product. Instead of the traditional serial product development it is imperative that the questions of process design, process machinery, and process control are treated and solved simultaneously. The in-house expertise and networking of research and development must be promoted in such a way that the capabilities necessary to include the required technologies and expertise areas in a product project are already available when the product is being specified and designed.

Les premières phases de conception de produit sont très importantes pour le développement de produits à succès, parce que jusqu'à 90 % des coûts des produits sont verrouillés durant les phases de concept et d'ingénierie. Lors de ces phases, les entreprises impliquent activement leurs fournisseurs à participer au développement du produit. Cependant, la littérature académique n'a pas accordé suffisamment d'attention au lien entre le stade de l'implication des fournisseurs précoce et le stade de production en série subséquente. Les objectifs de l'entreprise, qui développe le nouveau produit, et ses fournisseurs ne sont pas nécessairement alignés, ce qui peut entraîner de graves inefficacités. Par conséquent, l'objectif de cette thèse est de résoudre le conflit d'incitations à l'étape de la conception du produit, lorsque le fabricant d'un nouveau produit implique le fournisseur du composant clé. Cette thèse considère trois scénarios importants de la conception collaborative de produit : (1) les plusieurs conceptions alternatives du composant clé, (2) le développement de composants en parallèle par plusieurs fournisseurs, et (3) le test du composant clé par le fournisseur afin d'apprendre sa qualité. S'appuyant sur la méthodologie de la théorie des jeux non coopératifs, la thèse fournit des prescriptions pratiques sur la façon d'atténuer le décalage d'incitation dans chacun des trois scénarios. / Product design stage is utterly important for successful product development, as up to 90% of the product costs are locked in during the concept and design engineering phases. At these phases, manufacturers of new products actively involve their suppliers to participate in product development. However, academic literature has not given sufficient attention to the link between the early supplier involvement stage and the subsequent mass production stage. The goals of the product developing manufacturer and its suppliers are not necessarily aligned, which can result in serious inefficiencies. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to resolve the conflict of incentives at the product design stage when a manufacturer of a new product involves a supplier of a key component. This thesis considers three important facets of collaborative product development: (1) multiple alternative designs of the key component, (2) parallel component development by several suppliers, and (3) testing of the key component by the supplier in order to learn its quality. Relying on the methodology of non-cooperative game theory, the thesis provides practical prescriptions on how to mitigate the incentive misalignment in each of the three cases.

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This bachelor's thesis consists of a product development project performed for Volvo Penta's transmissions department. In line with Volvo Penta's vision of Easy Boating, the problem description entailed, to make boating easier by developing concepts for the steering of boats. The goal was to develop three concepts which suited the requirements provided by the project owner. The bachelor's thesis was preceded by a study, in the form of a concept generation process. The project was initiated with a concept generation process, in parallel with a requirement analysis. This concept generation was performed with the assistance of tools from the Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch (TRIZ) methodology. Utilised parts from TRIZ are tools for identifying free resources, finding and resolving undesirable contradictions and predicting the next step of development of a system. In accordance with the methods of Set-Based Engineering, the generated concepts were not chosen for their merit, but instead eliminated based on requirements and developed knowledge. To accomplish this, the requirements were collected from the identified stakeholders of the project and ranked based on their respective weight. The requirements were used in the elimination of the concepts which was performed in three stages: pruning of concepts, concept screening and ultimately, concept scoring. These three stages were based on the literature and chosen because of their ability to incorporate the requirements in the elimination. As a result of the elimination process six concepts of two different product categories, addons to existing solutions and complete new systems, were presented to Volvo Penta in combination with a product development plan. The result of six concepts was obtained since none of the concepts categories could be eliminated by the requirements collected in the process and therefore it was decided to present tree from each category.

Background: To stay competitive and efficient on a global market, firms have to generate new products and service ideas using closed or open innovation processes. Open innovation activities emerge from both internal and external innovative resources and while SMEs could and do adopt a variation of innovation models, they tend to adopt open innovation activities. Collaboration is one of the most important factors of open innovation and SMEs collaborate to enhance their internal innovation activities and outcomes, as it provides them access to complementary assets and technologically knowledge. However, the literature is not clear as to how SME decide on prospect partners." Purpose:The overall purpose of this thesis is to map the structure of the decision-making process of SMEs regarding partner selection at the early stage of technology exploration (R&D stage) within open innovation and new product development. Method:The approach of this study is a qualitative research method with an abductive inspired research approach. The data are collected through interview study. A Theory Driven Thematic Analysis technique is used to analyse the data. The respondents are found by nonprobability sampling in form of purposive sampling. Findings:Our findings show that SMEs managers, R&D managers, and CEOs who participated within this research consider many practical factors that drive their decision making process regarding partner selection. The main goal they try to achieve when choosing partners is to build collaborations with: the highest quality of outcomes, most cost-effective activities, and most time-effective processes. Conclusion:SMEs, within our sample, do not follow a specific or pre-written strategies when choosing partners. Moreover, SMEs managers prefer to innovate internally without collaborations if they had the needed resources. If SMEs manager had to collaborate, they search for existing partners. However, if they had no existing partners to fulfil the needed resources, they search for new partners

The topic of this thesis is to analyze marketing activities and an analysis of new product development by personnel consulting companies in the B2B market. As part of this paper the marketing communication is approached and the development of of a new service mapped in detail. This new product has been succesfully launched to market during the preparation of this thesis. The theoretical part serves as the basis for a practical part, approaches HR agencies environment and features of the B2B market. It also describes marketing theory with specifics for marketing of services and B2B marketing. The practical part presents selected personnel consulting organisation and introduces its marketing activities. Furthermore it focuses on marketing analysis of the situation and new product development and its launch on the market. The thesis uses mainly the method of scientific description and analysis, based on internal company resources and also interviews with experts on given topics among company representatives.