Managing product customization by modularization

Eklind, Jan,1957Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology,Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (author)

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how to organize external manufacturing of product modules. Modularization can be used to facilitate the use of external suppliers. However, the ability to work with continous manufacturing improvements and customization becomes more difficult due to the increasing distance between design and manufacturing. This is also confirmed by the case study done for this paper at a manufacturing company relying heavily on external suppliers.In the case study we could also identify how the company handles this situation by using different solutions (facilitators), that are strategically based or influenced by the contextual situation.

Persson, Magnus,1975Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology,Chalmers Tekniska Högskola(Swepub:cth)magper (author)
Winroth, Mats,1956Jönköping University,JTH. Forskningsmiljö Industriell produktion,Chalmers Tekniska Högskola(Swepub:hj)wima (author)
Chalmers tekniska högskolaChalmers Tekniska Högskola (creator_code:org_t)

In:Proceedings of the 20th International Annual EurOMA Conference in Dublin, Ireland, June 7-12: International Annual EurOMA Conference

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