Product Generation Engineering

Each product development is PGE – Product Generation Engineering: the development of a new product generation is based on reference products. Those are preceding products or prototypes from the company but as well systems from competitors or other branches. Subsystems of a new product generation are either carried over from reference products or developed new based on reference products. New development activities are embodiment and principle variation. Within the research field PGE – Product Generation Engineering we develop methods and processes to plan and manage PGE, including processes across several generations. This includes all activities of product engineering and all layers of product engineering in companies: from the development of an individual product generation to the company’s strategy.

RF Product Generation Engineering

Systems

We research methods and process of PGE by means of complete technical systems and selected subsystems as well. Within our institute we work in particular on power tools and drive systems. Together with our partners we examine a wide range of different systems, coming from the automotive industry and their suppliers as well as from special mechanical engineering.

Methods

We investigate and develop methods regarding i. a. the following topics in the research field:

  • Strategic planning of product generations
  • Development of business models in PGE
  • Development of systems of objectives in PGE
  • Identification of potential reference products
  • Planning and management of new development shares and development risks
  • Derivation of necessary new development activities for a new product generation
  • System analysis to determine effective new development shares
  • Cross generational product models
  • Management of reference product related knowledge

Processes

Based on the theory of PGE we examine and design process elements for all phases of product development in companies, for example:

  • Development of systems of objectives in the early phase of PGE
  • Estimation of development costs and proposal preparation in the proposal phase
  • Planning of development generations for successive validation of system functions
  • Cross generational use of product models
  • Use of sensor date from running production processes for the PGE of the production system
  • Processes for SGE – System Generation Engineering

Equipment

  • LiveLab IP
  • LiveLab ProVIL

Publications within the Research Field


2019
Future-oriented PGE-product Generation Engineering: An Attempt to Increase the Future User Acceptance through Foresight in Product Engineering Using the Example of the iPhone User Interface
Marthaler, F.; Stahl, S.; Siebe, A.; Bursac, N.; Spadinger, M.; Albers, A.
2019. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 1 (1), 3641–3650. doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.371
The Reference System in the Model of PGE: Proposing a Generalized Description of Reference Products and their Interrelations
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Spadinger, M.; Richter, T.; Birk, C.; Marthaler, F.; Heimicke, J.; Kurtz, V.; Wessels, H.
2019. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 August 2019, 1693–1702, Delft. doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.175
Sprintplanung in der Mechatroniksystementwicklung auf Basis von Referenzsystemelementen
Wessels, H.; Heimicke, J.; Rapp, S.; Grauberger, P.; Richter, T.; Matthiesen, S.; Albert, A.
2019. 17. Gemeinsames Kolloquium Konstruktionstechnik, KT2019, Aachen, Germany, 200–211. doi:10.18154/RWTH-2019-08788
Variations as Activity Patterns: A Basis for Project Planning in PGE – Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Peglow, N.; Stürmlinger, T.; Heimicke, J.; Wattenberg, F.; Wessels, H.
2019. 29th CIRP Design Conference: open design and design as exponential technology, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 8th to 10th May 2019
2018
PGE – Product generation engineering in engineering education: Real-world problems for beginners in student projects
Albers, A.; Matthiesen, S.; Rapp, S.; Hoelz, K.; Bursac, N.
2018. 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018), London, UK, September 6-7, 2018
Supporting Potential Innovation in the Early Phase of PGE – Product Generation Engineering: Structuring the Development of the Initial System of Objectives
Albers, A.; Heitger, N.; Haug, F.; Fahl, J.; Hirschter, T.; Bursac, N.
2018. R&D Management Conference, Milano, I, June 30 - July 4, 2018, 13
20 Years of Co-creation Using Case Based Learning : An Integrated Approach for Teaching Innovation and Research in Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Bursac, N.; Heimicke, J.; Walter, B.; Reiß, N.
2018. Teaching and Learning in a Digital World : Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, Volume 2, Budapest, Hungary, 27th - 29th September 2017. Ed.: M. E. Auer, 636–647, Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73204-6_69
2017
Entscheidungsheuristiken in der PGE – Produktgenerationsentwicklung
Krause, D.; Paetzold, K.; Bursac, N.; Rapp, S.; Albers, A.; Breitschuh, J.; Tanaiutchawoot, N.
2017. Design for X : Beiträge zum 28. DfX-Symposium, Oktober 2017, Bamberg, 2017.10.04-05. Hrsg.: D. Krause, 275–286, Tutech Verlag
Agile product engineering through continuous validation in PGE - Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Behrendt, M.; Klingler, S.; Reiss, N.; Bursac, N.
2017. Design science, 3 (5), 19. doi:10.1017/dsj.2017.5
Die Frühe Phase der PGE - Produktgenerationsentwicklung
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Birk, C.; Bursac, N.
2017. 4. Stuttgarter Symposium für Produktentwicklung 2017 (SSP) : Produktentwicklung im disruptiven Umfeld, Stuttgart, Deutschland, 28-29 Juni 2017, Fraunhofer Verlag
PGE – Produktgenerationsentwicklung am Beispiel des Zweimassenschwungrads
Albers, A.; Bursac, N.; Rapp, S.
2017. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen, 81 (1), 13–31. doi:10.1007/s10010-016-0210-0
2016
Entscheidungsunterstützung durch die Variationsanteile der Produktgenerationsentwicklung
Albers, A.; Walch, M.; Bursac, N.
2016. Konstruktion, (4)
Modellbasierte Prinzip- und Gestaltvariation
Albers, A.; Moeser, G.
2016. 14. Gemeinsames Kolloquium Konstruktionstechnik (KT) : Traditio et Innovatio - Entwicklung und Konstruktion, Rostock, 6. - 7. Oktober 2016. Hrsg.: K. Brökel, 96–104, Shaker Verlag
Produktgenerationsentwicklung Praxisbedarf und Fallbeispiel in der automobilen Produktentwicklung
Albers, A.; Haug, F.; Heitger, N.; Arslan, M.; Rapp, S.; Bursac, N.
2016. 12. Symposium für Vorausschau und Technologieplanung (SVT), Berlin, 8. - 9. Dezember 2016, Heinz-Nixdorf-Institut
IPeM-Integrated Product Engineering Model in Context of Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Reiss, N.; Bursac, N.; Richter, T.
2016. Procedia CIRP, 50, 100–105. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.04.168
2015
Produktgenerationsentwicklung - Bedeutung und Herausforderungen aus einer entwicklungsmethodischen Perspektive
Albers, A.; Nikola, B.; Wintergerst, E.
2015. Stuttgarter Symposium für Produktentwicklung (SSP) : Stuttgart, 19. Juni 2015 ; Hrsg.: H. Binz, 1–10, Fraunhofer Verlag
2014
Knowledge management in product generation development - An empirical study
Albers, A.; Bursac, N.; Urbanec, J.; Lüdcke, R.; Rachenkova, G.
2014. 25th Symposium Design for X, DFX 2014, Bamberg; Germany, 1. October 2014 through 2. October 2014. Ed.: D. Krause, 13–24, TuTech-Verl

Overview of all IPEK Publications

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