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Cost engineering for variation management during the product and process development

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Variation Management during the Product & Process Development can profoundly impact the quality, the cost of the product and the number of scraps in mass production... Designers want tight tolerances to ensure product performance; manufacturers prefer loose tolerances to reduce manufacturing and assembly cost. To analyse compromise solutions, the primary aim is to establish an objective function. This paper presents a model for the key indicators assessment to the relevance of variation management: cost, and investigates which model used in decision analysis is the most appropriate to prioritize and aggregate the predetermined performance measures. The applications of this model are demonstrated through an industrial case study where tolerance allocation, product development, problem is firstly addressed. Once optimized tolerances are attained, inspection planning, process development, problem is approached to ensure the optimized awaited quality level for the least cost.

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The authors would like to acknowledge France embassy in Iran and Campus France for their financial supports.

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  1. LCFC, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, 4, rue A. Fresnel, 57078, Metz, France

    Alain Etienne, Roozbeh Babaeizadeh Malmiry, Jean-François Antoine, Ali Siadat, Jean-Yves Dantan & Patrick Martin

  2. Quartz, Supmeca Paris St Ouen, Saint-Ouen, France

    Shirin Mirdamadi

  3. EMSE-CMP LIMOS, UMR CNRS 6158 Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne Campus G. Charpak Provence, 13541, Gardanne, France

    Mehrdad Mohammadi

  4. School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Tavakkoli

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Etienne, A., Mirdamadi, S., Mohammadi, M. et al. Cost engineering for variation management during the product and process development. Int J Interact Des Manuf 11, 289–300 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-016-0318-3

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