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FRAMEWORK OF A VARIANT MANAGEMENT FOR MODULAR PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES
Weiser, A.-K.; Baasner, B.; Hosch, M.; Schlueter, M.; Ovtcharova, J.
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Year:
2016
Editor:
Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
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Series:
DESIGN
Section:
DESIGN PROCESSES
Page(s):
1435-1444
Abstract:
Nowadays companies are facing the threat of an increasing complexity by a modular product architecture. The implementation of a modular structure comes with high efforts, yet during the application phase these expenditures are compensated by an efficient complexity handling. However, the modular structure is not permanent. Decisions on a refinement of the modular product family have to be made, while simultaneously ensuring commonalities within the modular structure. Therefore, a framework for a modular variant management has been designed and verified at Bosch Thermotechnik.
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