In this insight you will learn how to use configurability and configuration for mass customization.

In this case story you will follow the success journey of ABB Robotics and how they took advantage of the market opportunities through a modularization program, with significant result!

In this insight paper Luther describes what’s the difference between Traditional Design and Modular Design, and give suggestion on how you can implement modular design in your product development.

Edscha Trailer Systems. How product architecture embeds customer needs, drives product planning and delivers business results.

Sidel. How product architecture embeds customer needs, drives product planning and realizes cost leadership and agility.

How to improve productivity in the construction industry? This article looks at configurable construction systems based on a modular architecture.

Karl Bråtegren on software modularity – the decomposition of software into smaller programs with standardized interfaces – and how to avoid roadblocks.

Johnson Controls Hitachi. How market segmentation clarifies customer needs, links company strategy and drives product planning.

MTS Systems. How a product architecture reduces unique part numbers, lowers customer project costs and shortens lead times.

Niklas Gustafsson is Program Director at the KTH Executive School in Stockholm. Here’s what he has to say on innovation management and business transformation.

Dynapac. How a product architecture helps reduce time to market for local variants, strengthens central product ownership and reduces cost.

Trane Commercial Air Handling. How a product architecture strengthens product leadership, reduces cost and goes beyond lean and process automation.

Guldmann People Lifting Systems. How a product architecture increases the number of variants, reduces cost and enables growth in new markets – building a bridge between strategy and results.

Whirlpool case story. How product architecture increases the number of variants, reduces costs and enables a rapid refresh of models – building a bridge between strategy and results.

How to design for product lifecycle services? And make a real step towards realizing the circular economy?

Dellner offers production and after market services for train connection systems. Find out more about their customer-centric design and modular product architecture.

Peab is one of the largest contractors for building and home construction in the Nordics. Their modular product architecture enables flexible, affordable and attractive housing.

Alfa Laval supply gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchangers. Two key enablers for their cutting-edge order-to-configure process are configurability and an information model.

How can market-leading multibrand corporations speed up time to market for new products?

Bosch TT’s heat pump businesses faced a number of challenges. The company implemented a modularity program supported by Modular Management and achieved dramatic results.

How was Wärtsilä able to reduce complexity and accelerate value creation for the world’s most efficient engine?

Acquisitions, regional product variations and low-cost competition all meant Husqvarna needed to find new ways to rationalize part numbers, lower costs and globalize product design.

Modularity is how to be effective and lean is how to be efficient. Both focus on minimizing waste and they can be the perfect match when implemented correctly. So where to start?

How to secure profitability through the management of business fundamentals? This article is about operational excellence, customer intimacy and product leadership, and how to optimize all three at the same time to accelerate value creation.

How can you make mass customized products and secure business fundamentals? How can you design for agile line production? Here are a few ideas.

Service builds customer loyalty, saves costs and drives innovation. Or it doesn’t. Find out what modularity can do for the serviceability of products.