Complexity cost management
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Build To Order: The Road to the 5-Day Car. ed. / Glenn Parry; Andrew Graves. Guildford, Surrey [u.a.]: Springer, 2008. p. 155-174.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Complexity cost management
AU - Schaffer, Jens
AU - Schleich, Hans-Heinrich
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Engineering
KW - Produktionsmanagement
KW - Supply Chain
KW - Product Variety
KW - Customisation
KW - Line Balance
KW - Lean Manufacturing
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/70e5ed96-a345-35ed-893e-58c86e5b9e2f/
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-84800-225-8_9
DO - 10.1007/978-1-84800-225-8_9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-84800-224-1
SP - 155
EP - 174
BT - Build To Order
A2 - Parry, Glenn
A2 - Graves, Andrew
PB - Springer
CY - Guildford, Surrey [u.a.]
ER -