Key Approaches, Risks, and Product Performance in Managing the Development Process of Complex Products Sustainably

Salah Ahmed Mohamed Almoslehy and Mohammed Saad Alkahtani
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Salah Ahmed Mohamed Almoslehy: CFisUC, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, The University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
Mohammed Saad Alkahtani: Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-24

Abstract: In the Industry 4.0 environment, being sustainably competitive is essential in global markets. In an endeavor to optimize the added value in the design process of complex products such as robots, managing the development process of such products is studied. The present study identifies the level of product performance that yields maximum return on product development in Industry 4.0. The study also identifies and reviews the key approaches to understanding and managing the design process of such complex products. It has been found that the hybrid approach is the most efficient approach. The study proposes an approach to effectively manage risk in the product design process that hybridizes attributes of both the lean and agile design paradigms. The proposed approach has been validated using five case studies with 99% level of statistical confidence. The results of this study enable efficient development of complex products such as robotic systems towards realizing sustainable competitiveness.

Keywords: design methods and strategies; lean manufacturing; Industry 4.0; flexible logistics; Life Cycle Analysis; integrated approaches to sustainable development; integrated design; industrial design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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