94543 20210902121606.0 doi 10.1080/00207543.2019.1651460 sideral 113561 ART-2020-113561 eng Pueo, Marcos (orcid)0000-0002-4931-8752 Design methodology for production systems retrofit in SMEs 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Investment in the productive systems of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector is usually quite limited. For this reason, normal practice is to apply minor developments internally or upgrade equipment as it becomes obsolete to increase their productive capacity and competitiveness at a lower cost. However, the work team, mostly made up of engineers, does not usually have experience in the use of design methodologies but also they are often familiar with the functioning of various design and quality-management tools. This paper presents a clear and simple design methodology that facilitates the development of adaptations to items of equipment that might be considered one-off products. It includes a selection of design tools that are, according to the literature on the subject, the most common and best-known among engineers, and which are also best-suited to the environment of an SME. The design methodology was validated experimentally with the upgrading of a gear-rolling tester installed on the premises of an SME in the sector. The recommended techniques and tools were satisfactory applied opening the possibilities for further application of the methodology in similar machine''s upgrades in the future. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 8.568 2020 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL 4 / 49 = 0.082 2020 Q1 T1 OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2 / 84 = 0.024 2020 Q1 T1 ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING 3 / 50 = 0.06 2020 Q1 T1 1.909 2020 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2020 Q1 Strategy and Management 2020 Q1 Management Science and Operations Research 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Santolaria, Jorge Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7316-0003 Acero, Raquel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4917-8550 Sierra-Pérez, Jorge Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7660-3508 5002 305 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Expresión Gráfica en Ing. 5002 515 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Ing. Procesos Fabricación 58, 14 (2020), 4306-4324 [19 pp.] Int. j. prod. res. International Journal of Production Research 0020-7543 2760337 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94543/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 278958 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/94543/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:94543 articulos driver 2021-09-02-08:37:57 ARTICLE