The role of manufacturing flexibility strategy on product platform development

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 428
Author(s):  
Byung Joon Park
Keyword(s):  
Product Platform ◽  
Manufacturing Flexibility ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Product Platform Development

A bottom-up method for module-based product platform development through mapping, clustering and matching analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Guo-xi Li ◽  
Jian-ping Cao ◽  
Jing-zhong Gong ◽  
Bao-zhong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Product Platform ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Product Platform Development

Product Platform Design and the Gate Model: Lessons From Industry Case Studies

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence P. Chao ◽  
Kosuke Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Laser Printer ◽  
Product Platform ◽  
Platform Design ◽  
Ac Motor ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Effective Product ◽  
Product Platform Development ◽  
Globally Distributed

Organizations that seek long-term success no longer depend on just one product but rather a platform of products that target key markets. Time-to-market pressures and globally distributed engineering design environments demand support through life-cycle models, particularly in the early stages of product development, for an effective product platform. Product definition and structured processes such as gate models are necessary in platform design for organizations to focus their effort on developing families of products that share common components and technology. This paper discusses conventions and research directions in different industries, describes methods in use, and explains a roadmap for product platform development. Case studies of laser printer, industrial robot, and AC motor drive controller platform development further explore challenges in platform design and the role of gate models. The paper concludes with gate model lessons and proposed work to further this research including decision analytic and system approaches.

Decisions in Product Platform Development Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter E. Harland ◽  
Haluk Yörür
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Product Platform ◽  
Product Platforms ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Product Platform Development

Introducing "product platforms" in companies to achieve competitive advantages, like decreased costs and increased product variety, is a widely recognized strategy in research and industry. Nevertheless, there are certain challenges involved in developing product platforms. In order to address this complexity, we focus on the decision-making perspective of platform development in this paper. Based on a systematic literature review, we identify the decisions in product platform development projects (PPDP) and categorize them. We identified 21 decisions that are made within PPDP, which represent a greater scope of decisions than presented in the literature sources reviewed. The plausibility of these platform project decisions is illustrated with a case study of a perennial platform development project within the automotive supply industry. While most of the literature sources only mention very few decisions, the case study shows the complexity and high number of decisions required for an actual PPDP. In addition, it also recognizes all of the prior reviews of the decisions identified. Unlike in the literature, the decisions in the case study were made over a certain period of time. Therefore, we propose that the dynamics of the decision-making process in PPDP have to be taken into account. The set of PPDP decisions identified will help project managers to structure future PPDPs better and support researchers in building related product platform models.

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