January 2009

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...