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A Proactive Scaling Platform Design Method Using Modularity for Product Variations

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To be competitive in the current business environment, a company or engineering firm must be able to produce new products or designs in the marketplace with better quality and greater customization than both their national and international competitors. These business entities must also be able to accomplish this at a more strenuous pace than their competitors to capture the largest market share. In this chapter, a scaling, small product, p roactive p latform design method using m odularity (PPM) for product variations is presented to assist the company or firm in achieving the highest competitive result. In Chap. 30, we also present a case study to demonstrate how this method can be effectively instituted in a proactive product design. Even though this method and case study are directed to small product family development, any product family design with commonality can benefit from using these ideas to improve the design process.

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  1. School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA

    Keith Hirshburg & Zahed Siddique

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  1. Dept. Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Timothy W. Simpson

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Jianxin (Roger) Jiao

  3. School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Zahed Siddique

  4. Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

    Katja Hölttä-Otto

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Hirshburg, K., Siddique, Z. (2014). A Proactive Scaling Platform Design Method Using Modularity for Product Variations. In: Simpson, T., Jiao, J., Siddique, Z., Hölttä-Otto, K. (eds) Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7937-6_8

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