The development of modular-based design in considering technology complexity

Tsai, Yuo-Tern; Wang, Kuo‐Shong

doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(98)00350-6

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“…For example, building on their own modularity measures Zhang and Gershenson (2003) study a number of small consumer products and do not find a general relationship between modularity and cost. In addition, it has been suggested that the number of modules affects the parts fabrication and assembly costs in opposite directions, hence the optimal number of modules needs to balance these two effects (Tsai & Wang, 1999).…”

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Modularity and Commonality Research: Past Developments and Future Opportunities

Fixson

2007

Concurrent Engineering

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Research on modularity and commonality has grown substantially over the past 15 years.Searching 36 journals over more than the past 35 years, I identify over 160 references in the engineering and management literature that focus on modularity or commonality in the product and process development context. Each of the references is analyzed along the dimensions subject, effect, and research method. The subjects of these studies have been products, processes, organizations, and even innovations, although the set of references shows a strong preference towards products. Similarly, a broad range of effects has been studied, albeit with the topic cost dominating all other effects. A variety of research methods has been applied to the study of modularity and commonality but the distribution of research methods differs substantially for modularity and commonality research. Despite the wealth of existing research, there are still significant opportunities for future research. In particular, studies that incorporate modularity and commonality's multiple effects on various players along the supply chain, that combine multiple research methods, and that follow systems over time appear very promising.

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Section: Manufacturingmentioning

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Modularity and Commonality Research: Past Developments and Future Opportunities

Fixson

2007

Concurrent Engineering

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“…Configuration design of an uncoupled or looselycoupled system is similar to the determination of a modular product. Many methods, such as feature-based methods (Perremans 1996), modular-based methods (Tsai and Wang 1999 …”

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Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art

Bi¹,

Lang²,

Shen³

et al. 2008

International Journal of Production Research

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/npsi/ctrl?lang=en http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?lang=fr Access and use of this website and the material on it are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth at http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=en NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540600905646International Journal of Production Research, 46, 4, pp. 967-992, 2007-05-17 Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art Bi, Z.; Lang, S.; Shen, W.http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/irc Re c onfigura ble m a nufa c t uring syst e m s: t he st a t e of t he a rt IMTI-XP-530Bi, Z.; Lang, S.; Shen, W. May 2007A version of this document is published in / Une version de ce document se trouve dans:International Journal of Production Research, 46, (4), pp. 967-992, May 17, 2007, DOI: 10.1080 The material in this document is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission. For more information visit http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showtdm/cs/C-42Les renseignements dans ce document sont protégés par la Loi sur le droit d'auteur, par les lois, les politiques et les règlements du Canada et des accords internationaux. Ces dispositions permettent d'identifier la source de l'information et, dans certains cas, d'interdire la copie de documents sans permission écrite. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements : http://lois.justice.gc.ca/fr/showtdm/cs/C-42 Abstract: In this paper, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are discussed, and the strategies to meet these requirements are considered. The production paradigms which apply these strategies are also classified. Particular emphasis is put on the paradigm of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS). Some key issues of the RMS design are discussed, and a critical review is presented concerning the developments of RMSs. Finally, suggestions of the RMS research are made and future research directions are identified. Reconfigurable Keywords: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS),system architecture, system configuration, Open Architecture Control (OAC), reconfigurability, modularity IntroductionDue to excessive production capability and economic globalization, the manufacturing environment becomes turbulent and uncertain. Manufacturing enterprises are forced to reassess their production paradigms, so that a manufacturing system can be designed and operated efficient...

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“…While deploying the functional modularity concepts, a module can be made an absolutely coupled module or an independent one, based on the coordination level of the different function, which ultimately depends upon whether the effect of one function becomes the cause of the other or not (Tsai and Wang, 1999 …”

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“…So we are compelled to reach a trade-off in order to minimize the overall design complexity given by the number of modules at a given correlative level (l), feasibility for all the functional technologies, and the number of functions in each of the modules. The correlative level can be set using an α -cut method (Tsai and Wang, 1999;Zimmermann, 1991 …”

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A framework for designing robust supply chains considering product development issues

Yadav

Kumar

Tiwari

2011

International Journal of Production Research

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The primary objective of the design for supply chain (DFSC) is the selection of an appropriate product family. Moreover, it deals with the selection of the optimal combination among the different conflicting criteria while making a trade-off between the supply chain cost, sales profit and the product design complexities. In this research, to address the DFSC issues a product platform approach has been proposed which amalgamates the component modularity as well as the function modularity in the product design. The optimisation model proposed in this paper for the product development and the supply chain design is based on a generic bill of materials (GBOM) representation. The complete framework includes vital decision-making needed for designing a robust supply chain such as locating plants to alleviate the likely dominance of production cost and market mediation cost on product variety and imparting process flexibility of the located plants. The optimisation model proposed in this paper, models the supply chain cost, sales profit and product design complexity as three criteria that altogether determine the robustness of the supply chain and the underlying product development approach. Certain parameters like process flexibility, flow types and drivers of the product variety dominance have been controlled in the design framework. To resolve the complexity of the proposed model a genetic algorithm (GA) technique has been proposed. The proposed GA adopts an arithmetic crossover, a dynamic mutation and a variable penalty strategy to produce optimal results in a very short computational time. To validate the proposed model, a simulated case study of the wiring harness supplier of an AGV manufacturer has been studied

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The development of modular-based design in considering technology complexity

Cited by 76 publications

References 12 publications

Modularity and Commonality Research: Past Developments and Future Opportunities

Modularity and Commonality Research: Past Developments and Future Opportunities

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art

A framework for designing robust supply chains considering product development issues

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