the design specification of a new machine tool or tooling system and even when it is, there are few design guidelines for … translating the required changeover time into reality. This paper describes a set of “design for changeover” rules that have been … derived from action research, carried out within a variety of companies. The rules address the design of machines, tooling …

presents a generic model for incorporating flexibility into the design and control of assembly operations concerned with high …

buying firm, design agency, and component supplier in new product development (NPD) projects and to identify the determinants … of these approaches. Design/methodology/approach – Seven NPD projects are examined using the multiple-case study method …. Data are collected from five design agencies, two buying firms, and two suppliers in Italy and the Netherlands. Findings …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inform information and communication design (ICD) for multi-national projects … through the presentation of an example that does not rely on expensive expertise in graphic design. Design … upon costly graphic design of elaborate explanatory methods such as storyboards. Research limitations/implications – The …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on studies on the ethics in the design phase in Norwegian construction … projects. The ambition is to establish a descriptive picture of ethical challenges practitioners meet in the design phase in … order to raise awareness among them. Design/methodology/approach In addition to a literature review and a document study of …

built environment. Design/methodology/approach – The data include interviews and survey responses gathered in the cases. The … investors and housing operators to design and invest common areas which could activate residents and create social contacts …

housing design and overcome related problems using adapted vernacular solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology … house design methodology was used to develop vernacular architecture to minimize cost and environmental impacts, while …