An 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 identify. Presents a systematic method for incorporating modular design principles into products development. Actual case studies from Volvo, Atlas Copco Controls, VBG, and Sepson.
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Anna Ericsson and Dr. Gunnar Erixon are consultants in product development with Modular Management AB Stockhom, Sweden.
Anna Ericsson has a MSc degree in mechanical engineering from The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Part of her engineering studies were also performed at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Nancy, France.
Dr. Erixon is a Senior Lecturer at Dalarna University in Sweden. He completed his Ph.D. in engineering in 1998 at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- The Principles of Design (Oxford Series on Advanced Manufacturing) by Nam P. Suh in Back Matter
- Guide to Quality Control (Industrial engineering & technology) by Kaoru Ishikawa in Back Matter
- Product Design for Manufacture & Assembly Revised & Expanded by Geoffrey Boothroyd in Back Matter
- Rheology of Fluid and Semisolid Foods: Principles and Applications by H. J. Warnecke in Back Matter
- New York by Tama Janowitz in Back Matter
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- Service Engineering: Entwicklung und Gestaltung innovativer Dienstleistungen (German Edition) by K. Schneider on page 399
- Growing Modular: Mass Customization of Complex Products, Services and Software by Milan Kratochvíl on page 167
- Information and Management Systems for Product Customization (Integrated Series in Information Systems) by Thorsten Blecker in Back Matter
- Product Development and Design for Manufacturing (Quality and Reliability) by John Priest on page 309
- Mass Customization: Challenges and Solutions (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) by Thorsten Blecker on page 184
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