Application of intelligent tools for decision-making and standardization of modules across product domains

Author

Dhananjay Trichinapally

Keywords and Phrases

Market basket analysis; Activity-product-module framework

Abstract

"In the past decade, massive growth was seen in technology development and innovation of products. This has led to proliferation of consumer products that are used to perform various activities at the same time rate of product obsolescence has increased dramatically due to short technology and design cycles. Companies are deploying mass customization strategies such as product platforming, product family, and modular design to produce cost-effective products.

In the approach, a business model is developed encapsulating the benefits of mass customization strategies to wider variety of seemingly disparate products. The study proposes a new Activity-Product-Module (APM) framework that can be used for dissimilar product types. The APM framework is based on the construction of two affiliation maps, namely, map of products belonging to various human activities, and map of product modules belonging to various products. Market-Basket Analysis (MBA) datamining and statistical clustering techniques are applied to deduce associations between activities, products, and modules to yield potential clusters of modules that may be standardized to serve multiple product types. Assessing the technically feasibility, leads to conducting the financial feasibility for deploying the standardized modules. The application of the proposed methodology is illustrated using an example"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Allada, Venkat

Committee Member(s)

Saygin, Can
Mishra, Rajiv S.

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Fall 2004

Pagination

x, 54 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Rights

© 2004 Dhananjay Trichinapally, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

New products -- ManagementData miningDecision support systems

Thesis Number

T 8671

Print OCLC #

62338365

Recommended Citation

Trichinapally, Dhananjay, "Application of intelligent tools for decision-making and standardization of modules across product domains" (2004). Masters Theses. 3693.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3693