Creating Transparency on Product Variety Through Data-driven Similarity Analysis

Schuh, Günther; Guetzlaff, A.; Schmidhuber, Matthias; Krug, M.

doi:10.1109/ieem50564.2021.9672806

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“…A recap of the objectives for each strategy is outlined in Table 1. The transition towards mass personalization (MPe) compels businesses to manage increased variety, thereby introducing rising complexity [5,19,20]. This shift necessitates greater flexibility and agility in design and production to accommodate product individualization.…”

Section: Production Strategy Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature defines internal variety as the diversity of parts, assemblies, and modules required for producing the product range [19,42]. External variety, on the other hand, relates to the size of the complete product offering as perceived by the customer [43].…”

Section: Variety Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarity Indexes [19] Components Commonality [13,21,29] Commonality Index [13] Optimal Commonality [13] Component Sharing [13] Commonality Cost Advantage [13] Interface Commonality [13] Group 2: Connectivity and Interface…”

Section: Group Subgroup Authorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrating Modular Design Concepts for Enhanced Efficiency in Digital and Sustainable Manufacturing: A Literature Review

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2024

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Small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) face intense competitiveness, necessitating ever greater productivity. Enterprises struggle to meet the demand for customized products while maintaining their productivity. The transition from mass customization (MC) to mass personalization (MPe) leads to a further increase in product variety and, thus, complexity. Digital transformation alone is not sufficient to achieve MPe and traditional adoption of modularity no longer ensures enterprise competitiveness in this context of increased variety. The synergy between modularity concepts could enhance the efficiency of this design strategy. This study is part of a research plan to develop an effective modularity implementation strategy addressing MPe. The aim of this article is to identify the main concepts and tools to be considered in an implementation strategy. Concepts and tools are grouped into four combinations according to the level of product variety in different production strategies. This preliminary work serves as the foundational research for a larger research plan aimed at adapting and validating a modular product development strategy that incorporates these modularity concepts.

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Section: Production Strategy Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Variety Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%