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Structural Complexity Management

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Author : Udo Lindemann
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-09-24

Structural Complexity Management written by Udo Lindemann and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in practical applications. The book presents a methodology that enables the analysis, control and optimization of complex structures, and the applicability of domain-spanning problems. The methodology allows significant improvements on handling system complexity by creating improved system understanding on the one hand and optimizing product design that is robust for system adaptations on the other hand. Developers can thereby enhance project coordination and improve communication between team members and as a result shorten development time. The practical application of the methodology is described by means of two detailed examples.

Complexity Management In Engineering Design A Primer

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Author : Maik Maurer
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-02-21

Complexity Management In Engineering Design A Primer written by Maik Maurer and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.

The treatise supports understanding the phenomena of complexity in engineering, distinguishes complexity from other challenges and presents an overview of definitions and applied approaches.The historical background of complexity management is explained by highlighting the important epochs, their key actors and their discoveries, findings and developments. Knowing about the appearance of early system awareness in ancient Greece, the creation of mechanical philosophy in the 17th century and the discovery of classic physics enables the reader to better comprehend modern system sciences and management approaches.A classification of complexity management approaches by research fields indicates current focus areas and starting points for future discussions. In a comprehensive map, the classification points out mutual overlaps between engineering disciplines in terms of similar complexity management approaches.Finally, the treatise introduces a generic complexity management framework, which is based on structural management approaches.

Managing Project Structural Complexity By Integrating Facility Management In Planning Designing And Execution Of High End Facility Upgrades

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Author : Audrey Marie Bascoul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Managing Project Structural Complexity By Integrating Facility Management In Planning Designing And Execution Of High End Facility Upgrades written by Audrey Marie Bascoul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.

Ensuring that a building consistently supports occupants in producing value is a global challenge. To tackle this challenge, the discipline of Facility Management (FM) emerged in the 1970s. FM became responsible for steering the building toward a constantly changing desired future state. Since then, buildings have become increasingly more complex. Despite the existence of FM, buildings still fail in terms of value delivery. Failure to meet customer requirements is waste. This motivated this research. Through review and analysis of the literature, the researcher classifies FM failures in five aspects: (1) building systems, (2) people, (3) tools and data, (4) processes, and (5) changes. To prevent those failures, researchers and practitioners have developed solutions. However, these solutions have not been able to reduce waste in facility delivery for at least three reasons. First, they fail to capitalize on FM knowledge, and thus miss the opportunity of learning from other completed facilities. Second, they do not address the Transformation-Flow-Value (TFV) views of FM. As a result, they focus on ensuring that building components function and omit value delivery to customers. Third, they do not acknowledge the complex nature of FM, which manifests itself at the organizational and at the project level. This leads to FM not being able to steer the building so that it meets customer expectations. This dissertation advocates that the late involvement of FM in project delivery contributes to waste and is manifested in a lack of awareness of structural complexity. Structural complexity is the condition of a system whose behavior emerges from the interactions of its parts. The burden of managing that complexity falls on FM during operations and maintenance of the completed facility. By not engaging FM strategically in project delivery, such complexity is not managed easily and the facility may fail to deliver the expected customer value. The use of the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) methodology, a matrix-based method to model structural complexity, and Hoshin Kanri, a Lean planning process used to deploy strategies in organizations, will help generate value to owners and occupants by enabling FM involvement in the planning, designing, and execution of facility upgrades and construction projects in general. To substantiate this argument, this research investigates the manifestation of structural complexity and its implications for FM at two levels. First, at the project level, it documents and analyzes two examples of high-end facilities that failed to deliver value to occupants. Both examples explore how the lack of management of structural complexity contributed to FM failure. The researcher uses DSM to gain insight into FM failure and uses the Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS)-Multi-Domain Matrix (MDM) framework, to make the interdependences between project elements and thus some aspects of complexity visual. Second, at the organizational level, this research documents how two large public organizations have integrated FM in project delivery. Furthermore, this research presents a novel model based on Hoshin Kanri, named Hoshin-for-Facilities, to support and enable FM integration. This model builds upon Lean Construction principles and methods, while acknowledging the complex nature of FM. By analyzing the case studies, the researcher identifies five aspects of structural complexity in projects involving high-end facilities: (1) customer complexity, (2) organizational complexity, (3) product complexity, (4) process complexity, and (5) market complexity. Poor FM integration in project delivery has a compounding effect with product and process complexity. At the project level, DSM is fit for modeling structural complexity. Its early use on projects could help avoid negative design iteration (process complexity) and increase transparency in design decision making (product complexity). The LPDS-MDM framework offers a holistic approach to manage project structural complexity. At the organizational level, Hoshin-for-Facilities seems promising for engaging FM in project delivery. This research contributes to knowledge by augmenting the literature on FM at its intersection with D&C, revealing by using DSM how structural complexity manifests itself in projects, formulating the implications thereof for facility delivery, and proposing Hoshin-For-Facilities to enable strategic FM integration in project delivery. This dissertation shows how project structural complexity can be managed by integrating FM in project delivery. This research helps ensure that facilities support organizations’ business objectives. It is targeted to business owners of high-end facilities, i.e., facilities that house sophisticated systems and/or equipment, whose performance is critical for the organization to meet its business objectives. Future research can deepen understanding of how the language used during project delivery contributes to complexity and then explore how project teams can leverage those findings (if any) to manage complexity.

Progress In Production Engineering

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Author : Jens P. Wulfsberg
language : en
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Release Date : 2015-10-05

Progress In Production Engineering written by Jens P. Wulfsberg and has been published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-05 with Technology & Engineering categories.

WGP Congress 2015 Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2015 WGP Congress, September 7-8, 2015, Hamburg, Germany

Product Complexity Management Enabled By A Model Based Approach

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Author : Zhenchao Hu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

Product Complexity Management Enabled By A Model Based Approach written by Zhenchao Hu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.

As contemporary engineered systems become more interdependent, there is a growing need to manage their system complexity. However, system complexity only exists as implicit and heterogeneous information. This situation causes difficulties to obtain and analyze system complexity. This manuscript illustrates a model-based approach to support system complexity management. The system complexity includes dynamic complexity and structural complexity in this manuscript. The proposed approach includes complexity modeling and complexity analysis. As for complexity modeling, a graph-matrix hybrid complexity modeling approach is proposed to describe the dynamic and structure complexity information. The graph-based architecture models are developed by a unified meta-meta modeling approach. The connections among different architecture models are described by design structure matrix. As for complexity analysis, a general complexity metric provides dynamic and structural complexity values for the designer to evaluate the system. Besides, automatic ontology modeling is introduced to integrate complexity modeling and complexity analysis. Finally, a case study about aero-engine design is conducted. The complexity management processes of three different scenarios are compared in this case study. The comparison results demonstrate that the proposed approach is general and applicable to any engineered system and can support the trade-off between complex product design schemes.

Extension Bulletin

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001

Extension Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Agricultural extension work categories.

Advanced Information And Computer Technology In Engineering And Manufacturing Environmental Engineering

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Author : M.L. Li
language : en
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Release Date : 2013-09-04

Advanced Information And Computer Technology In Engineering And Manufacturing Environmental Engineering written by M.L. Li and has been published by Trans Tech Publications Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Advances in Materials Science and Manufacturing Technology (AMSMT 2013), May 18-19, 2013, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Management Science

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-05

Management Science written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-05 with Industrial management categories.

Issues for Feb. 1965-Aug. 1967 include Bulletin of the Institute of Management Sciences.

Complex Stand Structures And Associated Dynamics

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Author : Arthur Groot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-07

Complex Stand Structures And Associated Dynamics written by Arthur Groot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.

This document provides a brief, detailed summary of each presentation in the conference of Complex stand structures and associated dynamics: measurement indices and modelling approaches, in three-page popular summary format. Specifically, short, unedited syntheses were supplied by each author that summarize the essential information of the underlying research study, including scope, objectives, methods, results, references, and major conclusions. The primary purpose is to document the research studies presented for the benefit of the forest science and management communities and foster onsite discussion among conference participants.--Document.

Proceedings Of The Red Pine Saf Region V Technical Conference

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Proceedings Of The Red Pine Saf Region V Technical Conference written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.