COBEM99

S6 Desenvolvimento de Produtos

Title:

GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY OF DESIGN OF MODULAR SYSTEMS

Summary :

ABSTRACT. THE NEED FOR PERMANENCE IN THE MARKET AND THE SEARCH FOR SATISFACTION OF THE CONSUMERS DESIRES, FORCED THE INDUSTRIES TO BE MORE AGILE AND FLEXIBLE IN THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESS. SEEKING AGILITY AND FLEXIBILITY, MANY OF THEM, STARTED TO USE A TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS MODULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A RECENT TECHNIQUE, ITS DESIGN PROCESS STILL SEEMS NOT VERY ENLIGHTENED AND OR SYSTEMATIZED. CONSIDERING THIS FACT, THE PRESENT WORK HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE AREA OF DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, BY PRESENTING BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN METHODOLOGY. IN THIS WAY THIS WORK BEGINS A BRIEF REVIEW ON THE SUBJECT (METTER). THE MAIN EXISTING DESIGN METHODOLOGIES THAT DEAT WITH THE THEME ARE FOCUSED FURTHER ON, AND THE ABOVE MENTIONED GUIDELINES, THAT ORIENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODULAR SYSTEMS DESIGN METHODOLOGY ARE DEFINED. FINALLY, CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE GUIDELINES ARE PRESENTED, SEEKING TO EMPHASIZE THEIR IMPORTANCE BOTH FOR ESTABLISHING OF THAT DESIGN METHODOLOGY AS OTHER KINDRED DESIGN METHODOLOGIES. KEY-WORDS: DESIGN METHODOLOGY, MODULAR SYSTEM, MODULES.

Author :

Back, Nelson 0
Forcellini, Fernando Antônio
Maribondo, Juscelino de Farias

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