Developing a Product Architecture for a Window Manufacturing Company by using UML Class Diagrams and Design Structure Matrix: Challenges and Lessons Learnt

In recent years, the industry's focus has shifted from mass production to mass customization to meet customer needs and market fluctuations. Product customization increases the cost associated with processes, materials, and technologies, thus increasing the complexity of the production system. A proper product architecture (PA) that identifies all the possible product variants is necessary to impact manufacturing processes positively in terms …