A new design approach to serviceability using activity based costing, fuzzy logic and modular design

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dc.contributor.advisorGu, Peihua
dc.contributor.authorSahota, Daljinder Singh
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-29T21:15:22Z
dc.date.available2005-07-29T21:15:22Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 249-255.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents a methodology to assist the product designer in calculating and reducing product life-cycle service costs during initial design stages. A simple and effective format has been devised to represent the product disassembly sequences in a hierarchical form. Activity Based Costing (ABC) has been used to calculate the part service costs. This costing technique supports the tracing of the service costs to the service characteristics of the respective parts. Two strategies have been explored for reducing the product service costs. The first technique grades all the parts according to their service requirements. The second technique involves combining the parts, having similar service requirements, into modules. Both techniques provide suggestions (possible design modifications) to decrease the product service costs. The modifications are evaluated for corresponding decrease in service cost to test their efficacy. Finally, the methodology is tested using two case study products to check its versatility.
dc.format.extentxii, 262 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationSahota, D. S. (1996). A new design approach to serviceability using activity based costing, fuzzy logic and modular design (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/19759en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19759
dc.identifier.isbn0612129241en
dc.identifier.lccTA 409.2 S24 1996en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/29009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccTA 409.2 S24 1996en
dc.subject.lcshService life (Engineering)
dc.subject.lcshManufactures - Design
dc.subject.lcshManufactures - Costs
dc.subject.lcshActivity-based costing
dc.subject.lcshFuzzy logic
dc.titleA new design approach to serviceability using activity based costing, fuzzy logic and modular design
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1057 520680261
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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