Towards a definition of large scale products

verfasst von: Bernd Arno Behrens, Peter Nyhuis, Ludger Overmeyer, Aaron Bentlage, Tilmann Rüther, Georg Ullmann
Abstract: The range of structure sizes for industrial products produced today is increasingly expanding. This trend is evident both at the bottom end of the scale as well as the top end. Examples include the ever-smaller miniaturization of devices in the semiconductor industry and the increase in rotor diameter of wind turbines. While definitions already exist for smaller scale device structures e.g. nanotechnology, the conceptual distinction between conventional large products and large scale products is currently insufficient. In this study, we present a potential basis for the definition of large scale products. To achieve this, we first of all derive hypotheses and examine these in the context of an empirical study using the examples of threaded nuts, screw presses and passenger aircraft. The study shows that the transition from conventional products to large scale products is characterized by a disproportionate increase in product costs due to the augmentation of a characteristic product feature. Based on the findings described, we then derive a proposed definition which characterizes large scale products on the basis that man encounters his technical, organizational and economic limits with the methods and tools available at the time of observation, in the context of product creation.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen
Institut für Fabrikanlagen und Logistik
Institut für Transport- und Automatisierungstechnik
Externe Organisation(en): Institut für integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) gGmbH
Typ: Artikel
Journal: Production Engineering
Band: 8
Seiten: 153-164
Anzahl der Seiten: 12
ISSN: 0944-6524
Publikationsdatum: 03.2014
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Maschinenbau, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Fertigungstechnik
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-013-0503-1 (Zugang: Unbekannt)
: Details im Forschungsportal „Research@Leibniz University“

BibTeX

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title = "Towards a definition of large scale products",
abstract = "The range of structure sizes for industrial products produced today is increasingly expanding. This trend is evident both at the bottom end of the scale as well as the top end. Examples include the ever-smaller miniaturization of devices in the semiconductor industry and the increase in rotor diameter of wind turbines. While definitions already exist for smaller scale device structures e.g. nanotechnology, the conceptual distinction between conventional large products and large scale products is currently insufficient. In this study, we present a potential basis for the definition of large scale products. To achieve this, we first of all derive hypotheses and examine these in the context of an empirical study using the examples of threaded nuts, screw presses and passenger aircraft. The study shows that the transition from conventional products to large scale products is characterized by a disproportionate increase in product costs due to the augmentation of a characteristic product feature. Based on the findings described, we then derive a proposed definition which characterizes large scale products on the basis that man encounters his technical, organizational and economic limits with the methods and tools available at the time of observation, in the context of product creation.",
keywords = "Definition, Large scale, Products, XXL",
author = "Behrens, {Bernd Arno} and Peter Nyhuis and Ludger Overmeyer and Aaron Bentlage and Tilmann R{\"u}ther and Georg Ullmann",
note = "Funding information: Acknowledgments The IPH researched scientific issues and practical challenges in the production of large scale products as part of a joint research project entitled {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Innovations for the Manufacture of Large Scale Products.{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} This collaborative project is funded by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and by the Lower Saxony Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport. The project was supported by the Investment and Development Bank of Lower Saxony—NBank.",
year = "2014",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1007/s11740-013-0503-1",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "153--164",
journal = "Production Engineering",
issn = "0944-6524",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "1-2",
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