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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (13): 96-119.doi: 10.3901/JME.2025.13.096

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Lifecycle Value Chain Collaboration for Complex Products: Theory, Progress and Trend

ZHAO Zetian1, HU Bingtao1, FENG Yixiong1,2, SONG Xiuju1, TAN Jianrong1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027;
    2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025
  • Received:2024-05-14 Revised:2025-01-26 Published:2025-08-09

Abstract: The lifecycle value chain collaboration enables to improve the collaborative efficiency and response speed of the entire process of complex product design, manufacturing and operation, and to promote the collaborative control services and value co-creation of value chain enterprise groups. This article firstly analyzes the research development of value chain collaboration for complex products and summarizes the conceptual connotations and multidimensional evolution characteristics. Subsequently, a theoretical framework for the lifecycle value chain collaboration for complex products is proposed, with value activities as the main thread, clarifying its organizational structure, value-added mechanism, and dynamic control logic. Based on the proposed framework, the research directions of value chain collaborative business modeling and process integration, multi-dimensional element interconnection and decision-making as well as collaborative operation process control and optimization are discussed, and their current research status and shortcomings are analyzed. Finally, the application cases of the lifecycle value chain collaboration in typical manufacturing industries are explored and studied. By analyzing the pattern characteristics and operation mechanisms of different industry applications, the future developing trends of the lifecycle value chain collaboration, i.e., integration, lean and closed-loop, are pointed out.

Key words: value chain collaboration, lifecycle, complex product, value activity, collaborative decision-making, process control and optimization

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