Integrated Product, Process and Manufacturing System Development Reference Model: Research Summer as case study

Abstract

Open Innovation Laboratory has been developed as an integrated solution that gather all productive stages lifecycle, from ideation to promotion of products. However, every stage of product lifecycle is considered in Integrated Product, Process and Manufacturing System Development (IPPMD) it has been used as Reference Model as approach to reinforce education at higher studies. This Reference Model allows students designing from conceptual ideas to functional prototypes: Products, its manufacturing Process and its Manufacturing System. IPPMD Reference Model (IPPMD-RF) has been integrated in courses of industrial engineering to improve learning process and consolidate previous knowledge related with major. In recent years, this methodology has been extended to Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOCs) and it also has been applied as a technique for those students who forms part of research summer. A case study is shown to demonstrate how this IPPMD as Reference Model works. The results obtained with this Reference Model has proven its usefulness and participants have consolidated multiple area knowledge in different projects.