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Assessing impacts of modular product architectures on the firm: a case study
Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2016-05
Sprache
English
TORE-URI
First published in
Number in series
84
Start Page
1445
End Page
1454
Citation
Proceedings of International Design Conference, DESIGN (DS 84): 1445-1454 (2016)
Contribution to Conference
Scopus ID
Publisher
The Design Society
Product modularization is difficult and has far-reaching impacts for the company. It requires a sound understanding of cause and effect chains, which start with product structure decisions, such as module boundary definitions or interface specifications, and lead to essential target values consisting of cost, quality and time categories for each product and the product portfolio. This paper investigates effects of modularity on product development and the challenges to assess them, and gives a further hint research on support for decision makers in the context of modular product definition.
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
600: Technik