Product value optimisation engineering applied to current component designs: a case study from the Brazilian automotive industry

Guido Muzio Candido and Paulo Carlos Kaminski

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2008, vol. 8, issue 3, 270-296

Abstract: Faced with an extremely competitive global market and increasingly demanding consumers, there is a need for companies to reduce the costs of currently manufactured products and to preserve their quality and performance. The objective of this work is to present a reference model for product development with emphasis on product value optimisation applied to current mass-produced components manufactured in large companies, where the requirements of quality, performance and cost reduction are emphasised. The model considered was implemented in the product engineering department of an automotive company in Brazil. Studies of real cases of successfully optimised component designs are presented, with cost reductions of up to 36% in relation to the initial cost of components.

Keywords: product development; quality assurance; cost reduction; product value optimisation; component design; automotive components; Brazil; automobile industry; product engineering; optimal design. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=20213 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:8:y:2008:i:3:p:270-296

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().