Study of process parameter optimal deployment workflow in product development

Abstract

Process parameters optimal deployment should be founded on a utility and efficient process model, so modelling the product development process (PDP) is the first problem to solve in researching and optimizing PDP. As a support tool, this paper put forward a ProA (Activity and its process)-based PDP modelling method. It organizes the PDP information and knowledge by base unit ProA. Through decomposing ProA and ProA connection layer by layer, time, quality, cost, service and management targets of PDP are deployed into ProA attributes in various layers, which helps describe PDP and process information systematically from multi- Angle of view. Based upon ProA model, a complete PDP parameters integrated optimization method is proposed and detailed workflow is designed. Using Quality Function Deployment for reference to deploy PDP layer by layer from top to bottom, with ProA as basic unit, this method emphasizes process parameters deployment as decomposing and constructing whole PDP, meanwhile a set of optimal evaluation indicator system should be established. Following ideas and work program of PDCA circle, workflow of process parameters deployment and optimal evaluation indicator system construction are discussed. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.