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Overview
Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product PlatformsAn increasing number of successful manufacturing companies use the notion of modules and product platforms. This book describes modular design, the driving forces behind it, and how it can help companies shorten developmental lead times, manage a high degree of customization, and reinforce product identity. It presents a systematic method for incorporating modular design principles into product development. Actual case studies from Volvo, Atlas Copco Controls, VBG, and Sepson.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1999
By A. Ericsson and G. Erixon
ISBN: 087263-514-7, 160 pages, hardcover
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As these consultants with Modular Management AB, Stockholm explain, modularity aims to increase manufacturing efficiency by breaking complex products into manageable units with specified interfaces. Volvo Car Corp. serves as one of several examples of their Modular Function Deployment process in practice. Appends an evaluative overview of module concepts and a glossary of design terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 15, 1999
Publisher
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Pages
160
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780872635142