IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/tprsxx/v56y2018i24p7201-7219.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Development of a metric to assess the complexity of assembly/disassembly tasks in open architecture products

Author

Listed:
  • Jaime A. Mesa
  • Iván Esparragoza
  • Heriberto Maury

Abstract

This paper describes two metrics to measure the complexity involved in assembly and disassembly tasks for open architecture products during its use phase. The approach proposed is based on the summary of all tasks required to assemble and disassemble a predefined set of modules to generate several product variants, which comprise different working levels or functionalities. The aim of the method is to provide a useful tool to designers in the analysis of product complexity regarding use and further phases in which the assembly and disassembly of modules are required. The benefits and usefulness of the metrics are oriented to enhance the sustainability performance of products through the measurement of complexity in modular systems for the decision-making during the design stage. The reduction of complexity involves significant benefits in all lifecycle phases of product, especially when the user or customer is responsible for many related tasks (maintenance, upgrading, reconfiguration and final disposal of modules). The metrics and their calculation process are illustrated using two case study products.

Suggested Citation

  • Jaime A. Mesa & Iván Esparragoza & Heriberto Maury, 2018. "Development of a metric to assess the complexity of assembly/disassembly tasks in open architecture products," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(24), pages 7201-7219, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:56:y:2018:i:24:p:7201-7219
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1398431
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00207543.2017.1398431
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00207543.2017.1398431?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Carly Jacobs & Katie Soulliere & Susan Sawyer-Beaulieu & Abir Sabzwari & Edwin Tam, 2022. "Challenges to the Circular Economy: Recovering Wastes from Simple versus Complex Products," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-17, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:56:y:2018:i:24:p:7201-7219. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/TPRS20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.