R&D process optimisation for COBOD
Retrofitting new features onto older construction printers
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Proposed upgrade-kit structure grouping features into defined retrofit packages
- Client
- COBOD
- Year
- 2022
- Role
- Facilitation and stakeholder interviews
- Tools
- Process assessment · Configuration analysis · Savings modelling
- Contribution
- Team of 5, facilitated the process and ran stakeholder interviews jointly
An assessment of how COBOD retrofits new features onto older 3D construction printers, and an upgrade-kit strategy with projected multi-million DKK savings.
The work
An assessment of how COBOD retrofits new features onto older 3D construction printers. Found that the absence of retrofit guidelines combined with rapid feature release had produced a proliferation of printer configurations, and proposed an upgrade-kit strategy with projected multi-million DKK savings.
What I owned
I facilitated the innovation process for the less experienced members of the team, and jointly managed the stakeholder interviews.
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Flowchart comparing the current linear retrofit process against a proposed iterative one
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Chart of retrofit hours per month, current model climbing steeply against a flatter proposed model