Bridging the Gap: Bringing the External and Internal Perspectives of Product Architecture Together

What is Modular Product Architecture? Businesses with complex product offerings, composed of multiple technical systems, offered to different markets through different channels, have a challenge in st...
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Systems of Systems: How to Raise Cross-Platform Synergies in Product Development

Modularization is a tool that increases speed when creating a range of designs while improving robustness by limiting the impact of changes. Modularity can be applied to different scopes, be it sub-sy...
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How Modularity Reduces Cost and Increases Quality in Electronics Production

If I say modular product development, what kind of product comes first to your mind? It's probably a car or a machine of some sort. Our own first examples to explain modularity to beginners often incl...
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Portfolio Management for Platform Companies

As you already know, maximizing long-term profits for your company requires you to manage your portfolio of products with skill and finesse. But what if your product portfolio is based on a platform? ...
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Six Best Practices for Lifecycle Management of Product Architecture Configuration Data

To achieve maximum efficiency in the sales-to-delivery process, automation is a key component, with one-touch configuration as the ultimate goal. However, many companies need help with creating, docum...
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Is There a Conflict Between Model-Based Systems Engineering and Modularization?

Recently I received an interesting question from one of my colleagues within Modular Management. A customer within the automotive industry was exploring Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for thei...
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Do You Have the Right Tools for Managing Your Products and Product Platforms?

To stay competitive in today’s business climate, industrial companies are increasingly turning to digital tools to help them manage their products and portfolio with a strategic and data-driven approa...
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Electronics and PCB Modularization: An Introduction to Modularity in Electronics

With the rapid replacement of mechanical solutions in favor of electronic solutions, many companies are experiencing bottlenecks in new electrical design while at the same time their existing electron...
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