EVALUATING A METHODICAL APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES IN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS
DS 70: Proceedings of DESIGN 2012, the 12th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2012
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Eilmus, S.; Gebhardt ,N.; Rettberg ,R.; Krause ,D.
Section: Design methods
Page(s): 837-846
Abstract
The Integrated PKT-Approach for Developing modular Product Families aims at reducing internal variety by offering support through the method units Design for Variety and Life Phases Modularization. In 10 industrial case studies this approach was evaluated
Keywords: product family, design for variety, modularization, evaluation