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Product Structuring and Configuration in the Digital Product
Produktstrukturierung und -konfiguration im digitalen Produkt
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:00:08
Abstract
The students will learn methods and tools on how to approach problems of product structuring and configuration. Based on typical questions the students get the understanding for the topic and the interrelations between the single aspects in enterprises. The lecture imparts the theoretical knowledge to be applied and discussed in cases closed to the industrial practice.
Objective
A major aim of the Digital Product is to control the variety of products in enterprises. For dealing with variant products and according to the aims of configurable products it is a premise to have well structured and modularised product families. This lecture gives a theoretical and methodological introduction about product structuring and configuration. Farther some software tools supporting the structuring and the configuration activities are presented. Finally practical cases provide an insight into the product structuring and the configuration aspects in enterprises.
Content
The role of products in the approach of the Digital Product; definition of the major concepts used by structuring and configuring; analysis of cases in enterprises; methods of product structuring and configuration in development process and during the product life-cycle; the K- & V-Matrix; definition, modeling and representation of configuration knowledge; presentation of some configuration tools; integration of the methods and the tools in the processes of enterprises; presentation of Wiki as an approach for modeling unstructured configuration knowledge
Resources
Lecture Notes
Lehrmodule:- Produktstrukturierung und -konfigurierung im Digitalen Produkt- Begriffe und Konzepte der Produktstrukturierung und -konfigurierung- Strukturierung bestehender Produkte- Wissensrepräsentationsformen und Konfiguratoren- Strukturierung neuer Produkte- Die Bedeutung der Produktstrukturierung in den Unternehmensprozessen- Wissensrepräsentationsformen für unstrukturiertes Wissen
General Information
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture with exercise | Produktstrukturierung und -konfiguration im digitalen Produkt |
|
3 h weekly |