The research study supports two SMEs, nearby located and operating in the furniture sector, whose goal is to start a collaboration with the intent of finding synergies in terms of costs reduction and development efforts related to the launch of new products into the market. The authors have been asked to support both companies in the design process of two bookcases by identifying their main technical features as well as defining common design guidelines of a new common bookcases production line. To this end, an approach based on the combination of Modeling & Simulation (M&S) tools, multiple design parameters and multiple performance measures is proposed. In particular, a simulation model has been used to assess the effect of different design parameters on several performance measure. The quantitative evaluation of the effects of the multiple design parameters on the multiple performance measures is achieved by using the Design of Experiments (DOE) being validated by means of the analysis of variance (ANOVA).
A Modeling & Simulation based approach to support collaboration between SMEs operating in the furniture sector
Cimino A.;Gnoni M. G.;
2022-01-01
Abstract
The research study supports two SMEs, nearby located and operating in the furniture sector, whose goal is to start a collaboration with the intent of finding synergies in terms of costs reduction and development efforts related to the launch of new products into the market. The authors have been asked to support both companies in the design process of two bookcases by identifying their main technical features as well as defining common design guidelines of a new common bookcases production line. To this end, an approach based on the combination of Modeling & Simulation (M&S) tools, multiple design parameters and multiple performance measures is proposed. In particular, a simulation model has been used to assess the effect of different design parameters on several performance measure. The quantitative evaluation of the effects of the multiple design parameters on the multiple performance measures is achieved by using the Design of Experiments (DOE) being validated by means of the analysis of variance (ANOVA).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
