SGE - System-Generation-Engineering

Safe innovation through conscious SGE - System Generation Engineering”

Every product development is SGE - System Generation Engineering: The development of a new system generation, whether a product on the market or a test bench in validation, takes place on the basis of a reference system. Its elements can originate from the company's own predecessor products, studies or prototypes as well as systems from competitors or other industries. These reference system elements are either adopted or newly developed through design and principle variation. If the system to be developed is perceived as a product on the market, this is referred to as PGE - Product Generation Engineering.

RF SGE - System Generation Engineering

Systems

We investigate SGE methods and processes using technical overall systems as well as specific subsystems. We have power tools and drive systems available directly at the Institute for this purpose. In cooperation with our partners, we also research a broad spectrum of different systems, ranging from the automotive industry and its suppliers to special machine construction.

Methods

We investigate and develop methods regarding i. a. the following topics in the research field:

  • Strategic planning of system generations
  • Development of business models in SGE
  • Development of systems of objectives in SGE
  • Identification of potential reference products
  • Planning and management of new development shares and development risks
  • Derivation of necessary new development activities for a new product or system generation
  • System analysis to determine effective new development shares
  • Cross generational product models
  • Management of reference product related knowledge

Processes

Based on the theory of SGE we examine and design process elements for all phases of product development in companies, for example:

  • Development of systems of objectives in the early phase of SGE
  • Estimation of development costs and proposal preparation in the proposal phase
  • Planning of development generations for successive validation of system functions
  • Cross generational use of product models
  • Use of sensor data from running production processes for the SGE of the production system
  • Processes for SGE – System Generation Engineering

Equipment

  • LiveLab IP
  • LiveLab ProVIL

Publications within the Research Field


2024
Using product profiles for retrospective case studies in SGE – system generation engineering
Pfaff, F.; Schlegel, M.; Völk, T. A.; Reinheckel, K. T.; Albers, A.
2024. Proceedings of the Design Society, 4, 2695 – 2704. doi:10.1017/pds.2024.272
A new approach to derive variation shares by combining the C&C² approach and the PGE model
Tröster, P. M.; Tsutskiridze, G.; Dieck, T.; Albers, A.
2024. Proceedings of the Design Society, 4, 165 – 174. doi:10.1017/pds.2024.19
Developing a Thermal Design Optimization Method Based on the Model of SGE – System Generation Engineering
Knecht, S.; Schlegel, M.; Kempf, C.; Albers, A.
2024. Proceedings of NordDesign 2024, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12th - 14th August 2024, 811–821, The Design Society. doi:10.35199/NORDDESIGN2024.86
Implications of Linking the C&C² Approach and the Model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering
Troster, P. M.; Dieck, T.; Giorgi, T.; Albers, A.
2024. Proceedings of NordDesign 2024, Reykjavik, 12th-14th August 2024, 530–538, The Design Society. doi:10.35199/NORDDESIGN2024.57
2023
Upgradeable Mechatronic Systems – Definition and Model of Upgrades in the Context of the Model of SGE - System Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Düser, T.; Kuebler, M.; Schwarz, S. E.; Lickefett, M. S. M.; Pfaff, F.; Thümmel, C.
2023. Proceedings of the FISITA - Technology and Mobility Conference Europe 2023, Barcelona, 12th - 15th Semptember 2023, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Ingénieurs des Techniques de l’Automobile (FISITA). doi:10.46720/fwc2023-sel-009
Design of a Descriptive Model for Product Portfolio Evolution Based on the Model of SGE – System Generation Engineering
Schlegel, M.; Wiederkehr, I.; Rapp, S.; Koldewey, C.; Albers, A.; Dumitrescu, R.
2023. Proceedings of R&D Management Conference 2023 - Responsible and Responsive Innovation for a Better Future, 17th-21st June 2023, Sevilla
2022
Review of Evolutionary Approaches in Design Research to Support PGE - Product Generation Engineering
Pfaff, F.; Kempf, S.; Rapp, S.; Albers, A.
2022. DS 118: Proceedings of NordDesign 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark, 16th - 18th August 2022 : "How product and manufacturing design enable sustainable companies and societies". Ed.: N.H. Mortensen, 12, The Design Society. doi:10.35199/NORDDESIGN2022.15
Evaluation of Engineering Changes Based on Variations from the Model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering in an Automotive Wiring Harness
Albers, A.; Altner, M. M.; Rapp, S.; Valeh, B.; Redinger, H.; Winter, R.
2022. Proceedings of the Design Society, 303–312, Cambridge University Press (CUP). doi:10.1017/pds.2022.32
Model of SGE: System Generation Engineering as Basis for Structured Planning and Management of Development
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.
2022. Design Methodology for Future Products. Ed.: D. Krause, 27–46, Springer International Publishing
2020
Produktgeneration 1 im Modell der PGE – Produktgenerationsentwicklung: Verständnis, Zusammenhänge und Auswirkungen in der Produktentwicklung
Albers, A.; Ebertz, J.; Rapp, S.; Heimicke, J.; Kürten, C.; Zimmermann, V.; Bause, K.; Blattner, R.
2020. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000127971
Model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering by the Example of Autonomous Driving
Albers, A.; Fahl, J.; Hirschter, T.; Endl, M.; Ewert, R.; Rapp, S.
2020. Procedia CIRP, 91, 665–677. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.03.113
Proposing a Generalized Description of Variations in Different Types of Systems by the Model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Fahl, J.; Hirschter, T.; Revfi, S.; Schulz, M.; Stürmlinger, T.; Spadinger, M.
2020. Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, 1, 2235–2244. doi:10.1017/dsd.2020.315
2019
Future-oriented PGE-product Generation Engineering: An Attempt to Increase the Future User Acceptance through Foresight in Product Engineering Using the Example of the iPhone User Interface
Marthaler, F.; Stahl, S.; Siebe, A.; Bursac, N.; Spadinger, M.; Albers, A.
2019. Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design, 1 (1), 3641–3650. doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.371
The Reference System in the Model of PGE: Proposing a Generalized Description of Reference Products and their Interrelations
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Spadinger, M.; Richter, T.; Birk, C.; Marthaler, F.; Heimicke, J.; Kurtz, V.; Wessels, H.
2019. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, The Netherlands, 5-8 August 2019, 1693–1702, Delft. doi:10.1017/dsi.2019.175
Variations as Activity Patterns: A Basis for Project Planning in PGE – Product Generation Engineering
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Peglow, N.; Stürmlinger, T.; Heimicke, J.; Wattenberg, F.; Wessels, H.
2019. 29th CIRP Design Conference: open design and design as exponential technology, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, 8th to 10th May 2019
2018
Identifying expedient variations in PGE - Product generation engineering
Rapp, S.; Moeser, G.; Eichhorn, P.; Albers, A.
2018. Proceedings of NordDesign: Design in the Era of Digitalization, NordDesign 2018, The Design Society
PGE – Product generation engineering in engineering education: Real-world problems for beginners in student projects
Albers, A.; Matthiesen, S.; Rapp, S.; Hoelz, K.; Bursac, N.
2018. 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018), London, UK, September 6-7, 2018
Supporting Potential Innovation in the Early Phase of PGE – Product Generation Engineering: Structuring the Development of the Initial System of Objectives
Albers, A.; Heitger, N.; Haug, F.; Fahl, J.; Hirschter, T.; Bursac, N.
2018. R&D Management Conference, Milano, I, June 30 - July 4, 2018, 13
2017
Die Frühe Phase der PGE - Produktgenerationsentwicklung
Albers, A.; Rapp, S.; Birk, C.; Bursac, N.
2017. 4. Stuttgarter Symposium für Produktentwicklung 2017 (SSP) : Produktentwicklung im disruptiven Umfeld, Stuttgart, Deutschland, 28-29 Juni 2017, Fraunhofer Verlag
2016
PGE - Product generation engineering : Case study of the dual mass flywheel
Albers, A.; Bursac, N.; Rapp, S.
2016. DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference : Engineering Design Practice, Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia, 16th - 19th May 2016. Ed.: D. Marjanović, 791–800, The Design Society

Overview of all IPEK Publications

An overview of all IPEK publications can be found here.