The product integration is a particularly critical phase of the software product development process as many problems originating from earlier phases become visible in this phase. Problems in product integration result in delays and rework. One of the measures to decrease the late discovery of problems is the use of development standards and guidelines that define practices to ensure correctness of the product integration. However, even if such standards and reference models exist, they are in not used consistently. One of the reasons is a lack of a proof that they indeed improve the integration process, and even more important, that they are sufficient for performing efficient and correct product integration. The conclusion of the presented research is that the available descriptions in standards and reference models taken one by one are insufficient and must be consolidated to help development organizations improve the product integration process. The research has resulted in a proposed combination of the activities included in the different reference models. This combination has been based on a number of case studies. Through the case studies performed in seven different product development organizations, a relationship between problems that are observed and the failure to follow the recommendations in reference models is identified. The analysis has indicated which practices are necessary, and how other practices support these. The goal with the research is to provide product development organizations with guidelines for how to perform software product integration. One additional finding of the research is the existence of relation between software architecture and the development process. A method for identifying dependencies between evolvement of software architectures and adaptation of integration practices has been demonstrated.

<p>The product integration is a particularly critical phase of the software product development process as many problems originating from earlier phases become visible in this phase. Problems in product integration result in delays and rework. One of the measures to decrease the late discovery of problems is the use of development standards and guidelines that define practices to ensure correctness of the product integration. However, even if such standards and reference models exist, they are in not used consistently. One of the reasons is a lack of a proof that they indeed improve the integration process, and even more important, that they are sufficient for performing efficient and correct product integration.</p><p>The conclusion of the presented research is that the available descriptions in standards and reference models taken one by one are insufficient and must be consolidated to help development organizations improve the product integration process. The research has resulted in a proposed combination of the activities included in the different reference models. This combination has been based on a number of case studies. Through the case studies performed in seven different product development organizations, a relationship between problems that are observed and the failure to follow the recommendations in reference models is identified. The analysis has indicated which practices are necessary, and how other practices support these. The goal with the research is to provide product development organizations with guidelines for how to perform software product integration.</p><p>One additional finding of the research is the existence of relation between software architecture and the development process. A method for identifying dependencies between evolvement of software architectures and adaptation of integration practices has been demonstrated.</p>

The so-called family-viewing hour, the eight to nine o’clock hour of prime time, is one of the most watched hours of television by both adults and children. Advertisers, of course, favor shows that draw large audiences so their product presentations or commercials are witnessed by masses of people. Now, because of videocassette recorders and other similar control devices, viewers are eliminating commercials from their viewing experience1 and advertisers are clamoring for new ways to get their products into the mind of the consumer.2 To counteract this commercial avoidance by consumers, advertisers are embedding products within television programming thereby hindering the viewer’s ability to eliminate commercials or product promotions. The result is that products that are normally not viewed become part of the viewing experience. This study revealed that the family-viewing hour is laden with product placements that include a variety of different types of products and brands.

A literatura sobre métodos de mapeamento de tecnologia tem como foco a aplicação em empresas que orientam a inovação para mercados e produtos previamente determinados, adotando a estratégia market pull de integração tecnologia-produto. Organizações de pesquisa, como institutos e laboratórios independentes, também necessitam de métodos similares, entretanto, nelas predomina-se a estratégia technology push, com inovações orientadas por descobertas científicas. Aplicações de métodos de mapeamento para esse tipo de estratégia são pouco analisadas pela literatura. Os métodos atualmente existentes carecem ainda da sistematização na incorporação de parcerias no processo de inovação, conforme tendência ditada pelo paradigma da inovação aberta. Revisões de literatura sustentam as duas afirmativas, evidenciando a lacuna na teoria. Empregou-se uma pesquisa-ação, realizada durante um ano junto a um laboratório de pesquisas, pertencente a um instituto de pesquisa brasileiro com cerca de 40 anos. O resultado da tese se constitui em um método de mapeamento de tecnologia, considerando a adoção de parcerias e específico para a estratégia technology push de integração. Identificado como MTP, o método preenche as lacunas apresentadas. Seus diferenciais são a inicialização a partir de uma idéia ou oportunidade de tecnologia, um processo para escolha de mercados potenciais e uma sistemática para identificação e planejamento de parcerias. O método foi avaliado sobre dois aspectos: o diferencial e ineditismo frente aos métodos propostos na literatura, e em relação à percepção de usuários sobre a sua viabilidade de aplicação na organização estudada. A primeira avaliação foi realizada através de uma revisão bibliográfica final para a comparação teórica do método com similares disponíveis na literatura. A segunda avaliação foi realizada junto a um grupo de onze pesquisadores pertencentes à organização, que responderam a um questionário previamente estruturado com questões sobre a viabilidade de operacionalização do método. Os resultados das análises indicam o caráter inédito do MTP e a possibilidade de aplicação na organização. Sugerem-se aplicações do método em mais organizações no sentido de aprimorá-lo e validá-lo, possibilitando sua ampla utilização por organizações que apresentem uma estratégia technology push de integração tecnologia-produto e adotem parcerias. / The literature about technology roadmapping method presents a focus to enterprises, which has it innovation process oriented to the market and product predetermined, using the market pull strategy to technology-product integration. The research organizations, like institutes and independent laboratory, also need similar methods, however they have predominance to technology push strategy to integration, with their innovation process oriented to the scientific discovery. The application of mapping method to this kind of strategy has little analysis by the literature. The existing methods presents a lack to systematize the partnership at the innovation process, trend dictated by the open innovation paradigm. Literature reviews support these affirmations, evidencing the lack in the theory. The results of reviews were applied in an action research, conducted during one year in a research laboratory, belonging to a Brazilian research institute with nearly 40 year old. The results of this thesis are a method to technology roadmapping, considering the partnership adoption and specific to the technology push strategy. Identified as MTP, the method fills the gaps presented. Is differentials is the starting from an idea or technology opportunity, a process to choose potentials markets and a systematic to identify and plan partnerships. The method was assessing from two aspects: the differential and originality comparing to another methods proposes at the literature, and related to perception of users about is application feasibility at the organization analyzed. The first evaluation was made by a final bibliographic review to theory comparing the MTP with another ones available at literature. The second one was made at a group with eleven researches from the organization, which answered a structured questionnaire previously with questions related the method operation feasibility. The results of these analyses show the unprecedented nature of the MTP and the application possibility at the organization. Application of this method are suggested in most organizations to improve it and validate it among the scientific community, making possible its utilization from organizations which presents a technology push integration strategy and adopt partnerships.

A literatura sobre métodos de mapeamento de tecnologia tem como foco a aplicação em empresas que orientam a inovação para mercados e produtos previamente determinados, adotando a estratégia market pull de integração tecnologia-produto. Organizações de pesquisa, como institutos e laboratórios independentes, também necessitam de métodos similares, entretanto, nelas predomina-se a estratégia technology push, com inovações orientadas por descobertas científicas. Aplicações de métodos de mapeamento para esse tipo de estratégia são pouco analisadas pela literatura. Os métodos atualmente existentes carecem ainda da sistematização na incorporação de parcerias no processo de inovação, conforme tendência ditada pelo paradigma da inovação aberta. Revisões de literatura sustentam as duas afirmativas, evidenciando a lacuna na teoria. Empregou-se uma pesquisa-ação, realizada durante um ano junto a um laboratório de pesquisas, pertencente a um instituto de pesquisa brasileiro com cerca de 40 anos. O resultado da tese se constitui em um método de mapeamento de tecnologia, considerando a adoção de parcerias e específico para a estratégia technology push de integração. Identificado como MTP, o método preenche as lacunas apresentadas. Seus diferenciais são a inicialização a partir de uma idéia ou oportunidade de tecnologia, um processo para escolha de mercados potenciais e uma sistemática para identificação e planejamento de parcerias. O método foi avaliado sobre dois aspectos: o diferencial e ineditismo frente aos métodos propostos na literatura, e em relação à percepção de usuários sobre a sua viabilidade de aplicação na organização estudada. A primeira avaliação foi realizada através de uma revisão bibliográfica final para a comparação teórica do método com similares disponíveis na literatura. A segunda avaliação foi realizada junto a um grupo de onze pesquisadores pertencentes à organização, que responderam a um questionário previamente estruturado com questões sobre a viabilidade de operacionalização do método. Os resultados das análises indicam o caráter inédito do MTP e a possibilidade de aplicação na organização. Sugerem-se aplicações do método em mais organizações no sentido de aprimorá-lo e validá-lo, possibilitando sua ampla utilização por organizações que apresentem uma estratégia technology push de integração tecnologia-produto e adotem parcerias. / The literature about technology roadmapping method presents a focus to enterprises, which has it innovation process oriented to the market and product predetermined, using the market pull strategy to technology-product integration. The research organizations, like institutes and independent laboratory, also need similar methods, however they have predominance to technology push strategy to integration, with their innovation process oriented to the scientific discovery. The application of mapping method to this kind of strategy has little analysis by the literature. The existing methods presents a lack to systematize the partnership at the innovation process, trend dictated by the open innovation paradigm. Literature reviews support these affirmations, evidencing the lack in the theory. The results of reviews were applied in an action research, conducted during one year in a research laboratory, belonging to a Brazilian research institute with nearly 40 year old. The results of this thesis are a method to technology roadmapping, considering the partnership adoption and specific to the technology push strategy. Identified as MTP, the method fills the gaps presented. Is differentials is the starting from an idea or technology opportunity, a process to choose potentials markets and a systematic to identify and plan partnerships. The method was assessing from two aspects: the differential and originality comparing to another methods proposes at the literature, and related to perception of users about is application feasibility at the organization analyzed. The first evaluation was made by a final bibliographic review to theory comparing the MTP with another ones available at literature. The second one was made at a group with eleven researches from the organization, which answered a structured questionnaire previously with questions related the method operation feasibility. The results of these analyses show the unprecedented nature of the MTP and the application possibility at the organization. Application of this method are suggested in most organizations to improve it and validate it among the scientific community, making possible its utilization from organizations which presents a technology push integration strategy and adopt partnerships.

Cette thèse explore le rôle de l'intégration inter-organisationnelle et de l'intégration produits en tant que deux dimensions constitutives de l'intégration des fournisseurs dans le développement de produits, au moyen de trois essais. Le premier essai est une revue systématique de la littérature sur l'intégration des fournisseurs. Il identifie l'intégration des produits comme une dimension qui est rarement incorporée dans la conceptualisation de l'intégration des fournisseurs. Afin de combler les lacunes identifiées dans la revue de la littérature, nous construisons un modèle conceptuel qui intègre les concepts de la théorie du traitement de l'information et de la théorie de la modularité. Le deuxième essai opérationnalise ce modèle conceptuel au moyen d’une étude de cas ancrée dans une entreprise de l’industrie de la défense. Cet essai démontre que la gouvernance de la relation entre un acheteur et un fournisseur est liée à un concept peu étudié dans la littérature sur la conception des produits, à savoir les produits d’interfaces. Le troisième essai est un développement théorique sur les produits d’interfaces comme éléments déterminants de la conception du produit et de la structure organisationnelle. Cet essai définit théoriquement les propriétés micro-fondatrices des interfaces et fournit des exemples tirés des secteurs des télécommunications, de l’automobile et de l’aéronautique comme évidence de leur existence. Cette thèse souligne l'importance des interfaces des produits comme des éléments qui peuvent augmenter les exigences du traitement de l'information lors de l’intégration des fournisseurs dans le développement des produits. / This thesis explores the role of inter-organizational integration and product integration as two constituent dimensions of supplier integration into product development with three essays. The first essay is a systematic review of literature on supplier integration. It identifies product integration as a dimension that is scarcely incorporated in the conceptualization of supplier integration. In order to fill the gaps identified in the literature review, we build a conceptual model that incorporates concepts from Information Processing Theory and Modularity Theory. The second essay investigates this conceptual model with an embedded case study in a defense company. This essay shows that the governance of the relationship between a buyer and a supplier is related to an understudied concept in the product design literature, namely product interfaces. The third essay is a theoretical development of product interfaces as an element that determines product and organization design. This essay defines micro-foundational interface properties theoretically and provides examples from the telecommunications, automotive and aircraft industries as supportive evidence. Overall, this thesis points out the importance of product interfaces as elements that can increase information processing requirements of supplier integration into product development.

Advancements in batteries, microprocessors as well as an extra emphasis being put on the environment has pushed electric vehicles to the forefront of today. Despite the many benefits of electric vehicles, range anxiety and long charge times are hurdles to overcome. These shortfalls are a result of the current battery technology regardless of the many breakthroughs over the last decade. Lithium-ion Batteries and other modern chemistries pose a number of challenges in testing and research when compared to the traditional lead acid batteries. Current test systems fall short in providing a complete testing solution with. The focus of this thesis is to develop a complete software framework for battery characterization: testing, modelling and characterization to accompany battery testing hardware developed by D&V Electronics. The first step in battery characterization, involves battery testing in order to obtain data. This required development of the test software and a number of battery tests, including: Charge and discharge, state of charge vs. open circuit voltage curve generation, Electro-Impedance Spectroscopy, and capacity test. Research was done in order to ensure developed test procedures lined up with that of other publications. All data from the testing data is logged to a central database, allowing for the second major development, the model framework. The model framework is composed of seven different battery models that can be parameterized with the touch of a button, using data collected from the tester. It is a software framework that is meant to be expandable by abstracting the details of a model from the tester. This allows for new models and parameterization techniques to be integrated into the software without the need of new software development. Lastly, all development was used to do a battery characterization of a prismatic battery cell. All tests were conducted on a battery over two hundred cycles, followed by battery parameterization using the mode framework. The battery models were then used to simulate a US06 drive profile and compared to the same profile with measurements taken from the tester. With an average root mean square error of 8 millivolts, the battery characterization using the framework proved to be a success. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

The research in this report seeks to develop a highly flexible geometry station for joining futureBody-in-White (BiW) assemblies. The goal is to eliminate the need for a complete reconstructionof a production line during integration of new car bodies in a contemporary production.Today's BiW production is performed in sequential lines, where joining equipment is arranged ina specific order for each model geometry. An increasing model portfolio forces manufacturers todevelop production systems that allow an integration of new models. Electrified alternatives ofexisting models are now developed and put into production. These models have similarappearance as conventional models, but with a completely different principle of driveline due tothe propulsion. This means that new interfaces and platforms have to be developed and mustnow be integrated into a current production. Today's production lines are not prepared forcoming changes, and current stations can only handle a limited number of variants. Integration ofnew geometries into a contemporary production line is not sufficiently efficient from aproduction perspective. The goal of the future is to make such an integration possible.Initially, current and future production scenarios were studied. Based on this, four types ofproduction scenarios, which a highly flexible geometry station can be integrated into, were set up.An integration can take place in different ways depending on how a highly flexible geometrystation is compounded, therefore, different cases were created and compared in a case study.Internal and external benchmarking of production systems were made to compare the availablesolutions for increasing stations flexibility in a BiW production.As reference for the project, a concept for a highly flexible geometry station has been developedand is therefore described initially before an additional depth has been realized. The furtherconceptualization of a highly flexible geometry in this report is presented in the form of amorphological composition of technologies that can increase a station's flexibility, as well asvisualization of a station principles through layouts and cycle time charts. The result of theanalysis generated several concepts that hold different degrees of capacity, footprint andflexibility. The focus was to achieve a high level of flexibility for integration of new models, withnew geometries, in a current production. The conclusion was that the highly flexible geometrystation can, in a contemporary production, produce independently in low volumes. Alternatively,produce higher volumes when it is integrated as a complement in a novel, not yet implemented,production concept. / Forskningen i denna rapport syftar till att utveckla en högflexibel geometristation för fogning avkommande Body-in-White-karosser (BiW). Målet är att eliminera behovet av en fullständigrekonstruktion av en produktionslinje under integrering av nya bilar i en samtida produktion.Dagens BiW-produktion sker i sekventiella liner, där fogningsutrustning är arrangerad i enspecifik ordning för respektive modellgeometri. Ett ökande antal modellalternativ drivertillverkare till att utveckla produktionskoncept som möjliggör integration av nya modeller.Elektrificerande alternativ till befintliga modeller utvecklas kontinuerligt. Dessa modeller ärutseendemässigt lika de konventionella modellerna, men med en helt annan princip för drivlina.Det innebär att nya gränssnitt och plattformar har tagits fram och måste nu integreras i ennuvarande produktion. Dagens produktionslinjer är inte förberedda för kommande förändringaroch nuvarande geometristationer kan endast hantera ett begränsat antal karosstyper. Integrationav nya karosstyper i en befintlig produktionslinje är inte är tillräckligt effektivt ur ettproduktionsperspektiv. Framtidens mål är att göra en sådan integration möjlig.Inledningsvis studerades nuvarande- och kommande produktionsscenarion. Utifrån det beskrevsfyra produktionstyper, vilket en högflexibel geometristation kan komma att integreras i. Enintegration kan ske på olika vis beroende på hur en högflexibel geometristation tillämpas, därförjämfördes olika fall av det i en Case-studie. En intern och extern benchmarking avproduktionssystem gjordes för att jämföra de lösningar som finns för att öka flexibiliteten i enBiW-produktion.Som referensunderlag till projektet har ett koncept för en högflexibel geometristation tagits framoch är beskrivet inledningsvis innan en ytterligare fördjupning har realiserats.Konceptualiseringen av en högflexibel geometristation i denna rapport är presenterad i form aven morfologisk sammansättning av teknologier som kan öka en stations flexibilitet, samtvisualisering av en principiell station genom layouter och cykeltidsdiagram. Resultatet av analysengenererade flera koncept som innehar olika grad av kapacitet, fabriksyta och flexibilitet. Fokus varatt uppnå en hög flexibilitetsnivå för integration av nya modeller, med nya geometrier, i ennuvarande produktion. Slutsatsen var att den högflexibla geometristationen kan, i en nutidaproduktion, producera självständigt i låga volymer. Alternativt producera högre volymer då denintegreras som ett komplement till ett ännu inte implementerat nytt produktionskoncept. / Die Forschung in diesem Bericht zielt darauf ab, eine hochflexible Geometrie-Station für das Fügen zukünftiger Rohbau-Baugruppen zu entwickeln. Das Ziel ist es, die Notwendigkeit einer vollständigen Rekonstruktion einer Produktionslinie während der Integration neuer Karosserien in einer modernen Produktion zu beseitigen. Die heutige Rohbau Produktion wird in sequenziellen Linien durchgeführt, wobei die einzelnen Fügeverfahren in einer bestimmten Reihenfolge, angepasst an die jeweilige Modellgeometrie, angeordnet sind. Ein zunehmendes Modellportfolio zwingt die Automobilhersteller zur Entwicklung von Produktionssystemen, die eine Integration neuer Modelle ermöglichen. Elektrifizierte Varianten bestehender Fahrzeugmodelle werden nun entwickelt und in Produktion gebracht. Diese Modelle haben ein ähnliches Erscheinungsbild wie herkömmliche Modelle, jedoch mit einem stark veränderten Antriebskonzept. Dies bedeutet, dass neue Schnittstellen und Plattformen entwickelt wurden und nun in eine aktuelle Produktion integriert werden müssen. Heutige Produktionslinien sind nicht auf kommende Änderungen vorbereitet und können nur eine begrenzte Anzahl von Varianten handhaben. Die Integration neuer Geometrien in eine moderne Produktionslinie ist aus Produktionssicht nicht effizient, aber soll in Zukunft das Ziel sein. Zunächst wurden aktuelle und zukünftige Produktionsszenarien untersucht. Darauf aufbauend wurden vier Arten von Produktionsszenarien erarbeitet, in die eine hochflexible Geometriestation integriert werden kann. Je nach Aufbau der Geostation kann eine Integration auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise erfolgen. Daher wurden in einer Fallstudie unterschiedliche Fälle erstellt und verglichen. Ein Benchmarking mit internen und externen Produktionssystemen wurde durchgeführt, um eine größtmöglichste Flexibilität der Stationen in einer Rohbau Produktion zu erzielen. Als Referenz für das Projekt wurde ein Konzept für eine hochflexible Geometriestation entwickelt und im Rahmen der Thesis dokumentiert, bevor eine zusätzliche Tiefe realisiert wurde. Die weitere Konzeptionierung einer hochflexiblen Geometrie-Station wird in Form einer morphologischen Zusammensetzung von Technologien präsentiert. Dieser kann die Flexibilität einer Station erhöhen und zudem die Visualisierung von Stationsprinzipien, beispielsweise durch Layouts oder Zykluszeitdiagramme, fördern. Das Ergebnis der Analyse erzeugte mehrere vi Konzepte, die unterschiedliche Grade an Kapazität, Grundfläche und Flexibilität beinhalteten. Der Fokus lag auf einer hohen Flexibilität bei der Integration neuer Modelle mit neuen Geometrien in einer aktuellen Produktion. Die Schlussfolgerung war, dass die hochflexible Geometriestation in einer zeitgemäßen Produktion in kleinen Stückzahlen produzieren kann. Alternativ ist die Geo-Station auch als Bestandteil eines noch umzusetzenden Produktionskonzepts integrierbar.

La méthode d'intégration produit a été proposée pour résoudre des équations linéaires de Fredholm de deuxième espèce singulières dont la solution exacte est régulière, au moins continue. Dans ce travail on adapte cette méthode à des équations dont la solution est juste intégrable. On étudie également son extension au cas non linéaire posé dans l'espace des fonctions intégrables. Ensuite, on propose une autre manière de mettre en oeuvre la méthode d'intégration produit : on commence par linéariser l'équation par une méthode de type Newton puis on discrétise les itérations de Newton par la méthode d'intégration produit / The product integration method has been proposed for solving singular linear Fredholm equations of the second kind whose exact solution is smooth, at least continuous. In this work, we adapt this method to the case where the solution is only integrable. We also study the nonlinear case in the space of integrable functions. Then, we propose a new version of the method in the nonlinear framework : we first linearize the eqaution by a Newton type method and then discretize the Newton iterations by the product integration method