Complexity cost management
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Complexity cost management refers to costs in industrial production processes that are directly or indirectly related to the handling, management or creation of different variants of a product. The current understanding and state of awareness of the influence of complexity on cost structures is reflected in the results of a survey carried out by the authors. The methodology used to analyse the complexity costs of existing processes is described and a case study from the automotive industry, which is highly affected by variant-driven complexity costs, is introduced. Furthermore, a model to calculate potential complexity costs, when changing product variety based on the number of variants, variant drivers and the characteristics of variant drivers, is shown. Finally, an easy-to-handle tool, which allows more detailed determination of complexity costs based on changing product variety parameters, is presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Build To Order : The Road to the 5-Day Car |
| Editors | Glenn Parry, Andrew Graves |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Place of Publication | Guildford, Surrey [u.a.] |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Publication date | 01.01.2008 |
| Pages | 155-174 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-84800-224-1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-84800-225-8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.01.2008 |
- Engineering - Supply Chain, Product Variety, Customisation, Line Balance, Lean Manufacturing