TRANSFER OF METHODS FOR DEVELOPING MODULAR PRODUCT FAMILIES INTO PRACTICE – AN INTERVIEW STUDY
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Beckmann, G.; Gebhardt, N.; Krause ,D.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 121-130
Abstract
Many methods for developing modular product families exist in academia, but are rarely transferred into companies. This paper presents requirements on such methods from practice along with success factors of method transfer, which have been extracted from literature, form feedback of teaching workshops and from an interview study with designers and managers working in companies opposed by high product variety (further results of the interviews are presented in paper 303 of Design2014 conference). The findings are used to derive a framework to transfer methods into practice.
Keywords: product families, method transfer, design practice