Measuring the Cost Effects of Modular Product Architectures-A Conceptual Approach

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2016-08-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Skirde, Henning  
Kersten, Wolfgang  orcid-logo
Schröder, Meike  
Institut
Logistik und Unternehmensführung W-2  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3794
Journal
International journal of innovation and technology management  
Volume
13
Issue
4
Article Number
1650017
Citation
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 4 (13): 1650017 (2016-08-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1142/S0219877016500176
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84962280350
Modular product architectures offer a solution for the trade-off between offering the market a wide variety of products and improving a company's internal cost situation. However, individual cost effects that determine the extent to which modularity should be applied to product architecture are widely unknown in industry. In this paper, we develop a conceptual approach to provide suggestions for improving an examined modular product architecture from a cost perspective. Our work makes an important contribution: The conceptual approach accentuates which steps are necessary in order to recommend whether the product architecture's current degree of modularity should be enhanced or diminished.
Subjects
degree of modularity
Modular design
product architecture