The prototype taxonomised: Towards the capture, curation, and integration of physical models in new product development

David Jones; James Gopsill; Ric Real; Chris Snider; Harry Felton; Lee Kent; Mark Goudswaard; Owen Freeman Gebler; Ben Hicks

doi:10.1016/j.compind.2023.104059

The prototype taxonomised: Towards the capture, curation, and integration of physical models in new product development

David Jones^*
, James Gopsill
, Ric Real
, Chris Snider
, Harry Felton
, Lee Kent
, Mark Goudswaard
, Owen Freeman Gebler
, Ben Hicks

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The management of data related to prototypes created during new product development is seen as a beneficial yet challenging activity. While attempts have been made to understand prototypes and their context in a range of use-cases, there is a gap in the understanding of the data that captures a prototype's context and physical form. This paper highlights this gap, and addresses it through the development of a new taxonomy. Using existing literature, a body of domain-specific terms, and the combined experience of the nine authors, a robust and systematic taxonomy development process was followed. A comparison of the developed and pre-existing taxonomies, and an illustrative example, is used for evaluation. The taxonomy is fully presented along with a description of each of the 53 dimensions, and it is intended to be the foundation upon which methods and processes can be developed to improve the capture, curation and integration of physical prototypes in new product development.

Original language	English
Article number	104059
Journal	Computers in Industry
Volume	155
Early online date	8 Dec 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2023.104059
Publication status	Published - Feb 2024

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The work reported in this paper has been undertaken as part of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (United Kingdom) funded project: Improving the product development process through integrated revision control and twinning of digital-physical models during prototyping. Grant reference EP/R032696/1 .

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Design
Information management
Knowledge management
New product development
Prototyping
Taxonomy

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