Abstract
Corporations are adopting different strategies and enablers to cope with changing market demands and customers’ requirements. Customer demands are often unpredictable. Different product demand in different periods increases the need to integrate product platform design with product inventory models. A Multi-Period Changeable Modular Product Assembly model is introduced to design optimal product platforms by determining the best product family formation and modular product platform composition. The new model customizes product platforms by either assembly and/or disassembly, to produce different products and families. The optimal product platforms are defined based on product demand in each investigated period. The developed model incorporates the cost of assembly/disassembly in forming product platforms and families. A four product family of modular products is used to illustrate the application and advantages of the proposed multi-period changeable product platform design model. Results show the ability of the model to identify optimal sub-product families from the initial large family. Different inventory, mass assembly, and customization assembly and disassembly costs have been optimized in reasonable computing time.
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Hanafy, M., ElMaraghy, H.A. (2014). A Multi-Period Changeable Modular Product Assembly Model. In: Zaeh, M. (eds) Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness and Economic Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02054-9_23
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