From Complexity to Configurabillity

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Driving Change in HVAC: Your Opportunity to Lead

HVAC and AirTech manufacturers are operating in a market shaped by stricter energy and sustainability regulations, rising expectations for indoor air quality, and increasing adoption of smart, connected technologies. At the same time, growing product variety and ongoing supply chain uncertainty are making development and execution more complex. By structuring products around modular, configurable architectures, organizations can manage this complexity more effectively, supporting faster innovation, smoother integration of new technologies, and more efficient adaptation to regulatory change. This provides a practical foundation for scaling portfolios and competing with confidence across markets.

From ETO to CTO — a practical manufacturer’s guide

Learn how HVAC manufacturers reduce lead times, improve predictability, and scale without adding complexity

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Change Creates Opportunity — Are You Ready to Capture It?

At Modular Management, we empower businesses to turn change into opportunity.

We specialize in modularity and configuration, embedding adaptability and resilience into every corner of your business — from strategy and products to processes and people. By simplifying complexity and building flexible systems of strategic building blocks, we enable your business to scale, innovate, and thrive.

Your Goals, Our Starting Point

We begin by understanding your priorities — the goals you want to achieve and the challenges that matter most. From there, we identify high-impact opportunities that deliver quick wins and set the stage for sustainable growth.

Modularization: The Foundation for Configurability

Our approach starts with modularization, creating structured product architectures that make configurability possible. This foundation unlocks flexibility, accelerates speed to market, and drives cost efficiency — transforming complexity into scalable, customer-focused solutions.

Smart Configuration Where it Matters With PALMA

To manage and execute these configurations, we use PALMA, our purpose-built Product Configuration Platform. PALMA unifies data, applies smart configuration rules, and ensures governance — making your product strategy future-ready and digitally enabled.

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Reduce Complexity Without Sacrificing Customer Choice

Streamline your portfolio with configurable product architectures that reduce complexity and cost while maintaining customer choice.

The Payoff

Lower complexity and inventory costs

Streamlined operations and supply chain

Maintain customer choice without excess SKUs

Capture the Full Value of Modularity

Turn modular platforms into scalable architectures supported by smart digital tools, standardized interfaces, shared data models, and clear decision rights.

The Payoff

Higher reuse across product lines

Lower development and lifecycle costs

Faster customization at scale

Move from Project Delays to Market Leadership

Shift from custom projects to a configure to order approach that accelerates delivery, standardizes core modules, reduces rework, and improves predictability.

The Payoff

Cut engineering effort by up to 70%

Reduce project risk and change requests

Scale variants without adding complexity

Launch Faster With Configurable Platforms

Replace one-off development with configurable platforms that speed up launches and simplify change. Standardized core modules reduce rework, improve predictability, and accelerate Time to Market.

The Payoff

Shorter Time to Market

Competitive advantage in dynamic markets

Quick response to customer needs

Bosch: Regaining Market Leadership Through Modularity

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Bosch transformed product development and operations with a modularity program combining modular architectures, lean manufacturing, and late-point differentiation. This streamlined production and accelerated innovation.

The result: the AirX family—the quietest, most energy-efficient air-to-water heat pump ever built. This transformation strengthened Bosch’s cost structure, boosted productivity, and restored its competitive edge, driving double-digit market growth.

Outcomes

44% reduction in product cost

60% fewer part numbers

40% reduction in inventory

50% reduction in assembly time

40% less floor space

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Trane: Sustaining Market Leadership with Modularity

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Trane Commercial Air Handlers faced rising costs, aging product lines, stricter energy requirements, and tough competition. Traditional lean and automation improvements weren’t enough to maintain leadership.

By implementing a modularity program, Trane launched the market’s most energy-efficient air handler—cutting energy use by up to 30%, expanding product variety, and lowering ownership costs. Modular design helped Trane defend its leadership and strengthen its competitive edge.

Outcomes

58% reduction in part numbers

15% reduction in overall product cost

10% reduction in the cost of operations

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Insights to Help You Navigate Complexity

The Hidden Cost of Residential HVAC Complexity

Complexity is costing HVAC manufacturers time and profit. See how modular product architecture helps simplify portfolios, lower costs, and accelerate growth.

Cutting the Cost of Customization in HVAC

Custom designs come at a cost. Learn how leading HVAC companies are reducing engineering time and increasing margins by moving from ETO to CTO.

How HVAC Manufacturers Cut Lead Times by 50%

Long lead times are holding HVAC manufacturers back. See how leading companies cut delivery times by 50%—reducing costs, improving customer satisfaction, and accelerating growth.