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Evaluation of Engineering Changes Based on Variations from the Model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering in an Automotive Wiring Harness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

A. Albers ,
M. M. Altner ,
S. Rapp ,
B. Valeh ,
H. Redinger  and
R. Winter
A. Albers
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
M. M. Altner*
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany
S. Rapp
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
B. Valeh
Affiliation:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany
H. Redinger
Affiliation:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany
R. Winter
Affiliation:
Mercedes-Benz AG, Germany
*
moritz_magnus.altner@daimler.com

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Engineering change management is a central part of the product development process. This paper investigates how variations from the PGE - Product Generation Engineering can improve the evaluation of engineering changes from the wiring harness. Engineering changes that occur in an automotive wiring harness development process are analysed in a case study, evaluated in expert interviews with regard to the risk and effort connected to the implementation and compared to the types of variations. Additional influencing factors are discussed. The variations provide an indication on risk and effort.

Keywords

engineering changechange managementdesign evaluationautomotive wiring harnessproduct generation engineering (PGE)

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 303 - 312
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