Design information management
The Design information management team within the Centre leads both fundamental and applied research and development, training, and commercial contracts on ‘Product engineering’ for the aerospace, automotive, defence equipment and domestic product manufacturing industries. Design information management at Cranfield addresses all product related issues ranging from customer requirements and enterprise resource management, to product configuration, design optimisation, costing, manufacturing planning, design and manufacturing knowledge management, business process modelling and quality improvement across the product lifecycle. The research team has extensive expertise and experiences in knowledge management and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support new product development.
Design information management associated projects include:
- Knowledge Representation and Reuse for Predictive Design and Manufacturing Evaluation in collaboration with: ArvinMeritor, Rolls-Royce, BOC Edwards, PTC, University of Loughborough
- Unification of Design, Manufacturing Capability and Service Knowledge in Collaborative Product Development in collaboration with: Rolls-Royce, BOC Edwards
- Integrated Requirements Management for Digital Product Development (e-RM) in collaboration with: Nissan, Johnson Control, UGS, SMMT
- Cost Impact Analysis for Change in Requirements in the Aerospace Industry in collaboration with: GKN Aerospace
- Developing a Framework for Assessing the Impacts of Implementing Lean Manufacturing within SMEs in collaboration with: maseast.
