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Configuration of flexible volumetric elements using product platforms: Information modeling method and a case study
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2492-5393
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design, JTH, Product design and development (PDD).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3677-8311
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Industrial Product Development, Production and Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9337-791x
2021 (English)In: Automation in Construction, ISSN 0926-5805, E-ISSN 1872-7891, Vol. 126, article id 103661Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [en]

Industrialized house building companies producing single-family housing must efficiently respond to customer needs and contingent requirements during product specification. These are the incentives for the adoption of high-level mass customization, addressed in this research, by exploring the information modeling of product platform use. Knowledge contributions are made through a proposed information modeling method and its application in a case study. The proposed method is a synthesis between the design platform and product-oriented information delivery manual. The scope of the information delivery manual is expanded from building systems to product platforms. Moreover, the design process is considered during both product predefinition and product specification. The theoretical construct of design modules is used to describe flexible volumetric elements and thereby apply the proposed information modeling method in a case study. The research demonstrates how design modules can be modeled using design assets throughout the design process of single-family industrialized house building.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 126, article id 103661
Keywords [en]
Prefabrication, Predefinition, Design phase, Design platform, Information delivery manual, Building information modeling, Product lifecycle management
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50420DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103661ISI: 000649687900003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102902706Local ID: HOA;;1461750OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50420DiVA, id: diva2:1461750
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Knowledge Foundation, 20130245
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Included in thesis in manuscript form.

Available from: 2020-08-27 Created: 2020-08-27 Last updated: 2021-06-11Bibliographically approved
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1. The development and use of product platforms in single-family industrialized house building
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2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Single-family industrialized house building is a trade characterized by a complete predefinition of products with off-the-shelf solutions offered to a market niche. Limited customization is included in the offerings in the form of a modular configuration of predefined components. A high level of prefabrication, often including volumetric elements, enables high efficiency in product variant realization processes, specifically, product specification, manufacturing, and on-site assembly. However, as the current markets are dynamic and often volatile, such offerings do not suffice in securing the success of business. Instead, offerings that include flexible product concepts with lower levels of predefinition and the concurrent achievement of high efficiency in processes using volumetric element prefabrication are needed. In this research, realizing this is characterized as the adoption of high-level mass customization.

The main value of the presented research for the practice is support for single-family industrialized house building in adopting high-level mass customization. The main enablers for the adoption of both lower and higher levels of mass customization are product platforms. The research on the development and use of product platforms has, however, been conducted mainly in multi-family industrialized house building. The differences in the types of offerings and customers between single-family and multi-family industrialized house building, reveal a research opportunity to study the development and use of product platforms in single-family industrialized house building. More specifically, the knowledge gaps include a lack of understanding regarding: the development and use of product platforms from a business model perspective, challenges for the development and use of product platforms when adopting high-level mass customization and support in addressing the identified challenges.

Therefore, the research purpose is to add to the knowledge on the development and use of product platforms and support that enables the adoption of high-level mass customization in single-family industrialized house building. The Design Research Methodology framework was used to plan and design the research. The research was conducted iteratively through four stages named: research clarification, descriptive study I, prescriptive study, and descriptive study II. The results provide an increased understanding regarding the development and use of product platforms in single-family industrialized house building through a coherent description of the product platform alignment phenomenon and the identified challenges when high-level mass customization is adopted. The results also increase knowledge regarding support in the development and use of product platforms that address the identified challenges. This part of the results is twofold. Firstly, an information modelling method is proposed, and it demonstrates how product platform use can be modelled in the design process of single-family industrialized house building. Secondly, the results demonstrate how the design module construct can be modelled using the design assets throughout the design process. To exemplify the design module construct, a configuration of the flexible volumetric elements and the panelized elements they are composed of is proposed. Process efficiency during the predefinition and modify-to-order specification of design modules is addressed. The presented research makes knowledge contributions to the theoretical fields of product platforms, building information management and business models.

Abstract [sv]

Villaindustrin är en branch som kännetecknas av fullständigt fördefinierade produkter med standard lösningar som erbjuds till en marknadsnisch. En begränsad anpassning ingår ofta i erbjudandena i form av en modulär konfiguration av fördefinierade komponenter. En hög prefabriceringsnivå, ofta bestående av volymelement, möjliggör hög effektivitet i produktvarianternas realiseringsprocesser, i synnerhet i produktspecifikation, tillverkning och montage på byggplats. Eftersom de nuvarande marknaderna är dynamiska och ofta volatila räcker emellertid inte sådana erbjudanden till för att säkerställa framgångsrika affärer. Istället behövs erbjudanden som inkluderar flexibla produktkoncept med lägre nivåer av fördefinition och som samtidigt uppnår en hög effektivitet i processer med användning av prefabricering av volymelement. I denna forskning kännetecknas denna realisering av användandet av höggradig mass-kundanspassning eller mass customization. Den industriella nyttan av den presenterade forskningen är att skapa stöd för villaindustrin att uppnå en höggradig mass customization.

De viktigaste möjliggörarna för att uppnå mass customization är produktplattformar. Forskning om utveckling och användning av produktplattformar har emellertid huvudsakligen bedrivits inom industriellt husbyggandet av flerfamiljshus. Skillnaderna i olika typer av erbjudanden och kunder mellan industriellt husbyggandet av flerfamiljshus och villaindustrin påvisar en forskningsmöjlighet att studera utvecklingen och användningen av produktplattformar inom villaindustrin. Mer specifikt inkluderar kunskapsgapen en brist för förståelse av: utveckling och användning av produktplattformar ur ett affärsmodellperspektiv, utmaningar för utveckling och användning av produktplattformar vid användning av höggradig mass customization och stöd för att hantera de identifierade utmaningarna.

Denna forskning syftar därför till att öka kunskapen om utveckling och användning av produktplattformar och stöd som möjliggör införandet av höggradig mass customization i villaindustrin. Design Research Methodology ramverket användes för att planera och designa forskningen. Forskningen genomfördes iterativt genom fyra stadier: (1) klargörande av forskningsuppgift, (2) beskrivande studie I, (3) föreskrivande studien och (4) beskrivande studie II. Resultaten ger en ökad förståelse för utveckling och användning av produktplattformar i villaindustrin genom en sammanhängande beskrivning av produktplattformens anpassningsfenomen och de identifierade utmaningarna som uppstår vid höggradig mass customization. Resultaten ger ökad kunskap om stöd vid utveckling och användning av produktplattformar som hanterar de identifierade utmaningarna. Denna del av resultaten omfattar två delar. För det första föreslås en metod för informationsmodellering som visar hur produktplattformanvändning kan modelleras i konstruktionsprocesser inom villaindustrin. För det andra visar resultaten hur design modul kan modelleras med hjälp av designtillgångarna under hela konstruktionsprocessen. För att exemplifiera ett design modul koncept föreslås en konfiguration av de flexibla volymelementen och de planelementen som de är sammansatta av. Processeffektivitet under produktfördefinition och modify-to-order produktspecifikation av designmoduler adresseras. Den presenterade forskningen ger kunskapsbidrag till de teoretiska områdena produktplattformar, BIM och affärsmodeller.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Engineering, 2020. p. 65
Series
JTH Dissertation Series ; 055
Keywords
House-building industry, Modern methods of construction, Production strategy, Platform-based development, Product lifecycle management, PLM, BIM, Engineer-to-order
National Category
Construction Management
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50422 (URN)978-91-87289-58-3 (ISBN)
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2020-09-25, Gjuterisalen (E1405), Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping, 10:00 (English)
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