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Creating an aerospace research agenda

2009-04: Professor Tobias Larsson from the Division of FPD has been chosen to take part in a working group that aims to create a national research agenda for the Swedish aerospace industry. Interim results are presented at the Paris Air Show in June. The working group, which consists of representatives from research organizations and industry companies, will develop a strategic...

Product-service systems – from customer needs to requirements in early development phases

Product-service systems – from customer needs to requirements in early development phases

Research paper published in Proceedings of IPS2 – CIRP Industrial Product-Service Systems Conference 2009. Abstract Framed by Product-Service Systems (PSS), this paper discuss how needs and requirements are applied in early phases. In product development literature these and closely related terms are mixed, and a focus on gathering customer information about goods and their use guides the development team. This theoretical...

Challenges for Industrial Product/Service Systems – Experiences from a learning network of large companies

Challenges for Industrial Product/Service Systems – Experiences from a learning network of large companies

Research paper published in Conference: IPS2 – CIRP Industrial Product-Service Systems Conference 2009. Abstract In Sweden, manufacturers have a growing need to extend the control of their products in the supply chain. This need is fulfilled by some manufacturers through the use of a product/service system business approach. This paper explores how a group of Swedish manufacturers, working together with academia,...

Digital Integrated Manufacturing (DIM) funded!

Det gränsregionala samarbetsprogrammet Interreg IV A Nord höll sitt tredje styrkommittémöte i Tromsö och beviljade projektet DIM – Digital Integrated Manufacturing till Avdelningen för Funktionella produkter. Huvudsökande är Mellersta Österbottens yrkeshögskola, och medsökande Funktionella Produkter (Luleå tekniska universitet) och Högskolan i Narvik. Projektet varar i 2 år och har en budget om ca 9 MSEK. Syftet med projektet är att...

FUNKTIONEERING Magazine, No. 1, 2009

2009-02: FUNKTIONEERING MAGAZINE is published by the Division of Functional Product Development at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. This inaugural issue has been made possible through the generous support provided by the Kempe Foundations to strengthen the collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and Stanford University. This issue primarily reports on some of the collaborative endeavours we have embarked on...

FUNKTIONEERING Magazine, No. 1, 2009

FUNKTIONEERING Magazine, No. 1, 2009

FUNKTIONEERING MAGAZINE is published by the Division of Functional Product Development at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. This inaugural issue has been made possible through the generous support provided by the Kempe Foundations to strengthen the collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and Stanford University. This issue primarily reports on some of the collaborative endeavours we have embarked on together...

CRESCENDO – Collaborative and Robust Engineering using Simulation Capability Enabling Next Design Optimisation | 2009-2012

CRESCENDO – Collaborative and Robust Engineering using Simulation Capability Enabling Next Design Optimisation EU FP7 Integrated Project 2009-2012 (finalized) PROJECT SUMMARY The IMG4 project CRESCENDO addresses the Vision 2020 objectives for the aeronautical industry by contributing significantly to the fulfilment of three specific targets of the aeronautical industry’s Strategic Research Agenda. CRESCENDO will develop the foundations for the Behavioural Digital...

Needs and requirements – how TRIZ may be applied in product-service development

Needs and requirements – how TRIZ may be applied in product-service development

Research paper published in Proceedings of the 2nd Nordic Conference on Product Lifecycle Management – NordPLM’09. Abstract In Product-Service Systems development, understanding of the customers’ use of goods seems vital, since the product per se is not sold but rather the performance it brings to the customers’ processes in terms of added value. This changed business scenario insists on an...

Symposium at Hosei University

2009-01: On January 15, Prof. Tobias Larsson and Dr. Andreas Larsson from the Division of Functional Product Development took part in the symposium “Product Design for Sustainable Growth”, arranged by Prof. Hisato Kobayashi at Hosei University, Tokyo, JP. Andreas Larsson participated on site in Tokyo, while Tobias Larsson took part via videoconference from Sweden. Other speakers at the symposium were...

Congratulations Petter!

Congratulations Petter!

2008-11: Today Petter Andersson, Division of Functional Product Development, presented his Licentiate thesis titled “Reuse of manufacturing experience in product and process definitions” and can after completed mission title himself as Licentiate in Engineering. Petter is industrial Ph.D student at Volvo Aero and his work focuses on how to reuse experiences from manufacturing processes during design. The audience had the...