Abstract
This paper describes the early findings of a research project to investigate the development of design processes to achieve reduced Whole Life Cost (WLC) within the aerospace industry, with a main focus on civil large engines (CLE). An investigation has been performed into the means of influencing the design decision processes through the analysis and in-depth understanding of the key in-service cost drivers. A three-level approach has been proposed to improve and, in some cases, to ensure information flow to enable best possible decisions on the early system design stage. A mapping of the in-service cost drivers has been made to each level of approach to raise the awareness, to educate and finally, to directly influence system design engineers decisions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 293-297 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Procedia CIRP |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference in Through-life Engineering Services, 2014 - , United Kingdom Duration: Nov 4 2013 → Nov 5 2013 |
Keywords
- Cost reduction
- Design process improvement
- Life cycle cost
- Systems engineering
- Whole Life Cost
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering