The need of flexibility in today’s industry: A case study of variant management in a Product Lifecycle Management system and production system
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Production engineering (MPPEN), MSc
Publicerad
2020
Författare
Eriksson, Robin
Wahlström, Stina
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
In today’s industry, it is important to have production systems which are adapted
to the companies’ aims and to acknowledge how the production system can create
value for the customers. Customers require customised products to fulfil their needs
and the demand of such products are increasing. The project, Smarta Fabriker, has
developed a new demonstrator, with the purpose to introduce variant management
in their product to enable a flexible production. This master thesis investigates how
a flexible production can be achieved and how variant management in production
and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)-system can improve flexibility. To investigate
variant management in a PLM-system, ENOVIA from Dassault Systèmes
was utilised. The performed thesis shows the importance of flexibility in the industry
to be competitive in today’s market, where flexibility needs to be aligned and
included in an organisation’s strategy. It shows utilising a PLM-system can result
in a collaborative environment, creating a red thread throughout an organisation
to work with customised products. ENOVIA provided the ability to visualise and
overview the product’s content and to illustrate customer demand’s impact on the
product. It enabled product configurations suited for different customer segments
and their needs to be offered. Modularisation is identified to reduce the amount of
unique articles and minimise the need of warehousing. Evaluating profitability of
product variants and how entering new markets affect the profitability are identified
as challenges when utilising variant management. Challenges with modularisation
and product variety’s impact on the production flow have also been identified.
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Ämne/nyckelord
3DEXPERIENCE, ENOVIA, flexible production, product lifecycle management , variant management