Development of a methodology for cost-oriented ramp-up design

Rapid product lifecycles and a growing product range lead to an increasing number of production ramp-ups. In addition customers demand for more individual products, so that the number of units decreases. These factors lead to a growing importance of ramp-up costs. A new five partial model-based methodology is developed, that allows influencing the product and production system before and during the ramp-up phase. The methodology enables to analyze specific ramp-up costs, identify the impact factors and deduce measures in order to improve the cost situation while considering the whole ramp-up target system regarding quality, time and lifecycle costs.