The third reason I can identify for tech product complexity is the hardest to address, because it seems to be rooted deep in our wiring as humans.
A matrix methodology and an objective measure of complexity have been developed that assess the three levels of manufacturing complexity: product complexity, process complexity and operational complexity.
The products characteristics are the product price (top left), the product quantity (top right) and the product complexity (bottom).
Product complexity has also increased, necessitating larger engineering teams with more sophisticated product design strategies.
As a by-product, complexity results for several existing merging operators are derived as well.
In this study, we look at the implications of the ideas involved in complex adaptive systems, steeped in the new science of complexity, for product design management.
Our research focuses on identifying important competencies for managing product portfolio complexity and on the development of appropriate theoretical explanations.
A new methodology for product modularization that integrates technical complexity and company strategies is proposed in this paper.
A set of design feature-based metrics is proposed for product remanufacturability assessment, namely, disassembly complexity, fastener accessibility, disassemblability, and recoverability.
The results robustly indicate that at higher (lower) levels of usage for product planning purposes, cost system complexity negatively (positively) affects cost system intensity of use, while at higher (lower) levels of usage for cost management purposes, cost system complexity positively (negatively) affects cost system intensity of use and satisfaction.
