Measuring sport equipment properties for customer recommendation and design support

测量运动器材属性以供客户推荐和设计支持

• 批准号: 536623-2018
• 负责人: LussierDesbiens, Alexis
• 金额: $ 4.26万
• 依托单位: Université de Sherbrooke
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699287
• 关键词: Measuring; sport; equipment; properties; customer

The sporting goods industry is facing continuous pressure to develop better products at a faster pace. One key current trend is the development of custom equipment and personalized recommendation. Owing to this, most major manufacturers accentuated their efforts to produce customized sports equipment that meet the customers' requirements. To do so, manufacturers must not only develop the capabilities to build a large number of product variations, but must also include quantitative measurements in their design process. This will allow them to accelerate the concept-to-product cycles, while also being able to properly fit their customers to the ever increasing number of products that they will be offering. The goal of this NSERC-PROMPT project is to further preliminary encouraging results by (1) measuring important fundamental properties of skis and hockey, (2) determining how these properties relate to the in-field user experiences (i.e., on-snow, on-ice) and (3) developing design tools that take advantage of these properties and desired user experiences. The research will advance the field of sport equipment design by developing the measurement techniques and the knowledge necessary to support the transition of this industry toward a more data-based design process that can produce and recommend customized equipment that meet the customers' requirements. This project will support four graduate students, one undergraduate intern and 3 part-time research assistants. The results of this project will become strategic assets for both Bauer Hockey Ltd and Groupe Rossignol Canada Inc., the two Canadian companies involved in this project.

体育用品行业正面临着以更快的速度开发更好产品的持续压力。当前的一个关键趋势是定制设备和个性化推荐的发展。因此，大多数主要制造商都在努力生产符合客户要求的定制运动器材。要做到这一点，制造商不仅必须开发出大量产品变化的能力，而且还必须在设计过程中包括定量测量。这将使他们能够加快概念到产品的周期，同时也能够适当地使客户适应他们将提供的不断增加的产品数量。这个NSERC-PROMPT项目的目标是通过（1）测量滑雪板和曲棍球的重要基本属性，（2）确定这些属性如何与现场用户体验（即，在雪地上，在冰上）和（3）开发利用这些属性和期望的用户体验的设计工具。该研究将通过开发测量技术和必要的知识来推动运动设备设计领域，以支持该行业向更基于数据的设计过程过渡，从而可以生产和推荐满足客户需求的定制设备。该项目将支持四名研究生，一名本科生实习生和三名兼职研究助理。该项目的成果将成为Bauer Hockey Ltd和Groupe Rossignol Canada Inc.的战略资产，参与该项目的两家加拿大公司。