Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2023.2296462
A methodology to customise commercial products of SMEs
Arturo Fernández de la Puente Sarriá
Maria Gloria del Río Cidoncha
Gabriel Bravo Aranda
Abstract
Product development durations are being drastically reduced,
thanks, amongst other reasons, to the use of design automation
techniques. But this trend is observed in large companies and to
a much lesser extent in SMEs. This article seeks to research the
possibility of finding suitable automation technologies for this
type of enterprises. Automating the development of commercial
offers in SMEs can be a good starting point to the change in this
trend. Focusing on this objective, the necessary requirements that
a tool of this type must have are established. Different models of
assistants have been developed and analysed on different products,
deducing from their results an ideal system architecture and
methodology. This solution is based on design tables, a technology
that links data from a spreadsheet, implements the company’s
design process, with parameters of a three-dimensional
CAD model, which represents the solution. The rest of the documents
that constitute the commercial offer and the possibility of
linking them with verification tools are derived from this design
core. The main conclusion is the current viability of this method,
anticipating the improvement of many aspects, mainly highlighting
the link with the rest of the life cycle phases through interoperability
tools.
Keywords
CAD; knowledge engineering; automatic design; SME
Hrčak ID:
321738
URI
Publication date:
11.4.2024.
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