Abstract
Modular product platforms have been shown to provide substantial cost and time savings while still allowing companies to offer a variety of products. As a result, a multitude of product platform methods have been developed over the last decade within the design research community. However, comparison and integration of suitable methods is difficult since the methods have, for the most part, been developed in isolation from one another. In reviewing the literature in modularity and product platforms, we create a generic set of twelve platform design activities. We then examine a set of product platform development processes used at several different companies, and from this form a generic sequence of the activities. We then associate the various developed methods to the sequence, thereby enabling the chaining together of the various modular and platform design methods developed by the community. Copyright © 2013 by ASME.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 39th Design Automation Conference |
Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
Volume | 3 B |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7918-5589-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - Portland, United States Duration: 4 Aug 2013 → 7 Aug 2013 |
Conference
Conference | ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference |
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Abbreviated title | IDETC/CIE |
Country | United States |
City | Portland |
Period | 04/08/2013 → 07/08/2013 |
Keywords
- TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP PROCESS
- FAMILY DESIGN
- COMMONALITY
- SEMICONDUCTORS
- CUSTOMER