Description
recent years, manufacturing companies have generally been forced to offer an increasing number of different products or product variants due to individual customer requirements. In the context of increasing digitalization and networking in production, which is propagated under the term Industry 4.0, the topic of product individualization is gaining in importance due to new technological possibilities. However, existing links between these conditions are only insufficiently pointed out, a detailed consideration is missing.
The goal of this thesis is to develop a structured description of the requirements and implementation possibilities of product individualization across the manufacturing industry. The first step is to analyze the product individualization within the manufacturing industry in relation to different sectors and products.
Based on this analysis, the Product Individualization-Production Strategy-Model (PIPS-Model) is developed, which structures and explains the different possibilities as well as the essential perspectives of product individualization. At the same time, the PIPS-Model shows the resulting requirements for product and process design, production and the interface to the customer. By categorizing case studies with respect to the model, questions can be derived from existing approaches with regard to strategic further development of product individualization.
In addition, the thesis shows which role product individualization plays in the future picture of industry 4.0 and how its implementation is supported by new technologies in this environment.
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