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Frontiers of Engineering Management

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Front. Eng    2016, Vol. 3 Issue (2) : 158-164    https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FEM-2016022
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT REPORTS
Managing Coordination Complexity in the Remanufacturing of Aircraft Engines
Qing Yang(),Lu Zheng
School of Economics and Management, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Abstract

The complexity of communication and coordination stemming from teams responsible for adjusting interdependent parameters of components is a fundamental feature in the aircraft engine remanufacturing engineering project. To manage coordination complexity, the features of the remanufacturing process of aircraft engine are analyzed and a systematic method is presented to measure and optimize the dependency between coupled components. Furthermore, quantitative models are built based on Design Structure Matrix (DSM) models to measure dependency strengths related to the parameter features of the components. Also, a two-stage DSM clustering criteria is used to reduce the complexity of an organization. An industrial example is provided to illustrate the proposed models. The results showed that the proposed approach can reduce total coordination complexity.

Keywords remanufacturing engineering project      aircraft engine      coordination complexity      organization optimization      design structure matrix (DSM)     
Corresponding Author(s): Qing Yang   
Online First Date: 13 September 2016    Issue Date: 22 September 2016
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Qing Yang,Lu Zheng. Managing Coordination Complexity in the Remanufacturing of Aircraft Engines[J]. Front. Eng, 2016, 3(2): 158-164.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fem/EN/10.15302/J-FEM-2016022
https://academic.hep.com.cn/fem/EN/Y2016/V3/I2/158
Fig.1  The main process of restoration and remanufacturing process.
Fig.2  DSM and the added dependency strength.
Fig.3  The aircraft engine remanufacturing process.
Fig.4  The remanufacturing process value stream analysis based on DSM.
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