Feasibility research on development of product-independent assembly complexity model: A case study of a refrigerator

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The earlier studies about product assembly-complexity are validated in the specific product category. Therefore, product assembly-complexity model can be developed for specific product category and applied to validated product category. One of the earlier research on product assembly complexity model, which is developed by ElMaraghy, is validated only in the automobile engine assembly process. This paper applies the ACM to the process of assembling a refrigerator. For this purpose, the ACM is updated to represent the characteristics of this process. The assembly complexity calculated for a refrigerator is significantly correlated with assembly time. This result implies that the ACM can be made generic by updating or modifying it to represent the characteristic of a specific product-assembly process, and can be used for a wide range of product categories. © 2018 KIIE

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