Theoretical analysis of the relationships between modularity in design and modularity in production

Kubota, Flávio Issao; Hsuan, Juliana; Cauchick‐Miguel, Paulo A.

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“…This means that it is necessary to evaluate all process conditions and structures before establishing the design of a new Some practical examples of MID-MIP relationship can be found in the literature. Mercedes-Benz controls its central plant and reduce their production lines and standardization costs, working towards a production by product architectures [35]. The company's strategy is that the sedans of the S-, E-, and C-Class are based on a common rear-wheel-drive architecture.…”

Section: Mid-mip Relationships In the Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Modularity in design and production relationships: a field study in two automakers

Kubota

Cauchick‐Miguel²,

Hsuan³

et al. 2022

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Modularity-in-design (MID) and modularity-in-production (MIP) relationship has been gaining the attention of scholars and practitioners along the years. However, the literature does not specify how this connection occurs and its implications. This paper analyzes the relationship between MID and MIP within the automotive scenario and investigates its main technical and organizational implications. Through an abductive, matched-pair case study carried out in two large automakers, the study gathered data from interviews, on-site observations, and eld notes from all interactions within the plants. The paper indicates that (i) both automakers prioritize modular design before modular production, characterizing a productrelated approach, and (ii) the investigated automotive companies have different approaches when developing MID. One automaker focuses on product functionalities to develop the modules; the other company dedicates efforts towards a MID-MIP relationship through the industrial condominium concept. Results indicate signi cant propositions to be tested regarding MID-MIP connection, with original insights from two make-to-order (MTO) automotive companies. modular product architecture. Changes in the hierarchies in production systems and inter-rm systems create tensions with product architecture, encouraging its rede nition [2]. Therefore, other studies have been defending that the changes towards separability, recombinability, exibility, loose coupling, process independence and autonomy, would affect decisions regarding component commonality, combinability, standardized interfaces and function interactions.Nevertheless, there are occasions when MID-MIP relationships may have a two-way trajectory (e.g., [1, 6,[31][32][33]). Such MID-MIP relationship trajectory and its respective organizational effects depend on the unit of analysis considered [32], suggesting that there are contingencies that moderate MID-MIP connection. MID-MIP paths result from [31]: (i) previous and current con guration of the examined organization; (ii) product architecture characteristics; (iii) rate of technological change and organizational learning.Modularity can be improved when its concept extends to manufacturing processes [9]. In fact, there is currently more consensus indicating that higher degree of MID over time enables manufacturing structure changes towards a higher MIP level, i.e., product architecture can generate technical and organizational changes in production processes, which characterizes a product-related approach. Furthermore, some authors claim that modularity choices in product development processes affect further decisions and activities regarding manufacturing processes, enabling MIP (e.g., [2,7,29,34]). However, it is noteworthy that companies may have different goals when applying modularity, which may lead to distinct levels of relationships between MID and MIP and different strategies and objectives [2,10]. Table 1 summarizes the theoretical evidence regarding the MID-MIP interrelationship, while Fig. 1 indica...

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Section: Mid-mip Relationships In the Automotive Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Modularity in design and production relationships: a field study in two automakers

Kubota

Cauchick‐Miguel²,

Hsuan³

et al. 2022

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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“…Jiao et al [23] Generic representation is capable of efficiently describing many variants and minimising data redundancy Blecker et al [24] Generic representation is capable of efficiently describing many variants and minimising data redundancy Qiao et al [25] Propose three approaches for process variety, modular production line and reconfigurable process platform Jiao et al [26] Generic representation for process platform planning Tian et al [27] Parameterised method for process platform planning Daaboul et al [1] Propose a metric-based approach to measure the influence of process variety on the customer perceived value Minhas et al [28] Consider the fast re-configuration of manufacturing systems Purohit et al [29] Modularity-based practices, digital manufacturing practices and supply chain integration Kubota et al [30] Investigate the relationship between modularity in design and modularity in production in the automotive industry Henriques et al [31] Investigate the application of product and process modularity in the automotive industry of Brazil Kim et al [32] Modular manufacturing factory for rapid reconfiguration Sabioni et al [22] Reconfigurable manufacturing systems, modular product design…”

Section: Reference Featurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study points out that because of the similarity between different products and their components, within different variables and parameters of a process platform, the different production demands can be automatically satisfied. Kubota et al [30] investigate the relationship between product modularity and process modularity in the automotive industry. And the authors review some related papers and conclude that (1) standardisation and modularity make it easier to re-configure the production process without extra adaption of interfaces;…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Kubota et al. [30] investigate the relationship between product modularity and process modularity in the automotive industry. And the authors review some related papers and conclude that (1) standardisation and modularity make it easier to re‐configure the production process without extra adaption of interfaces; (2) commonality brings higher flexibility to the production process.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Design for mass customisation, design for manufacturing, and design for supply chain: A review of the literature

Hou

Gao

Chun

2021

IET Collab Intel Manufact

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This survey provides a review of the fundamental approaches to design for mass customisation (DFMC), design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for supply chains (DFSC). The key term here is design while mass customisation, manufacturing and supply chain are the contexts from which the respective design objectives are derived. While these three areas of design are closely related, they have different focusses, which is reflected in the broader range of approaches proposed in the literature. The authors look at the literature through the lens of the product, process, and supply chain optimisation, with a variety of objectives ranging from improving product quality and variety while reducing costs, minimising environmental impacts and optimising supplier manufacture cooperation. In addition to the reviews of the approaches to DFMC, DFM and DFSC, recommendations on their practical system implementations are provided. While the authors acknowledge that the richness of the literature of each of the three design areas warrants a dedicated literature review, the main purpose of this survey is to pursue an integrated view on the three design issues faced by modern manufacturers and provide them and other related practitioners with a summary of representative approaches in the literature. Although it was not intended to conduct an exhaustive literature review of the literature, researchers from academia may still find the work useful by looking at the interactions of the three design areas from the perspective of joint-decision making, which is the angle from which the literature is approached.

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“…Reusing certain modules can simplify a new product design and improves ability of an organization to offer greater product variety to the market [2,7,8]. The customization level is usually defined during the product design phase, in order to specify which components, parts or modules, known also as a configuration item, can be customized and selected according to customers' expectations [9,10]. The concept of open-architecture product (OAP) can balance product economy and user requirements and can be applied to functional modules and adaptable interfaces for users to replace or add personalized modules into an original product in order to meet a personalized need [11,12].…”

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confidence: 99%

Configuration of a Customized Product

Kutschenreiter-Praszkiewicz¹

2018

Product Lifecycle Management - Terminology and Applications

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The chapter discusses problems of the product configuration process and application of chosen methods to represent the knowledge related to this process. One of the most important issues in product life-cycle management is to identify customer needs and combine them with product's technical and trade characteristics. The main tasks related to product configuration are focused on identifying the most suitable product to a particular customer, product decomposition, and estimating product characteristics. In the presented approach, identification of customer needs was discussed, and a product decomposition method was presented. The quality function deployment (QFD) method was suggested to be applied as a product and production process data integration tool, where engineering characteristics of a product are combined with its trade characteristics.

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Theoretical analysis of the relationships between modularity in design and modularity in production

Cited by 16 publications

References 46 publications

Modularity in design and production relationships: a field study in two automakers

Modularity in design and production relationships: a field study in two automakers

Design for mass customisation, design for manufacturing, and design for supply chain: A review of the literature

Configuration of a Customized Product

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