This document discusses types of product modularity, including function-based and manufacturing-based modularity. It describes four types of function-based modularity: slot, bus, sectional, and mix modularity. It also outlines four classes of manufacturing-based modularity: OEM modules, assembly modules, sizable modules, and conceptual modules. The document provides examples to illustrate each type and class of product modularity.
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Product Architectures - Introduction
Architecture types
Integral
Modular
Architecture Examples
Product Modularity - Background
Types of modularity
Function based modularity
Manufacturing based modularity
Modular Design: Basic Clustering Method
Modular Design: Advanced Functional Method
Architecture Based Development Teams
A method of forming module-based development teams
Application of module-based development teams
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Two macro types of modularity:
Function based modularity
– Applied to partition of functionalities of a product and
how these functions are distributed
Manufacturing based modularity
– Relates more to the manufacturing techniques and
assembly operations associate with a product
Types of Modularity
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Four classifications exist:
– Slot modularity
– Bus modularity
– Sectional modularity
– Mix modularity
Function-based Modularity
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One basic device uses several different components to allow
it to perform multiples tasks
Often provides the means to support customizable portfolio
architecture: the same module is used across different
products in a portfolio
Slot Modularity
Examples of slot
modularity is Bosch
power tools
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Describes a device mostly the main component of the
system, that is equipped with a standard interface that
accepts any combination of different functioning modules
Examples are memory expansion slots in the computer
Bus Modularity
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Exhibited by a chained inter-connection of modules
(called as sections), each equipped with a an identical
interface
Office furniture is an example
The modules can each individually accomplish different
product sub-functions
Their recombination on the chain interface permits
different system (product) functions
No one main module that can be called a device; rather
collection of modules is the product
Sectional Modularity
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Combines several standard components together through
web of modules, not through chain
Must be equipped with at least two complimentary
interfaces to create a new device
Building blocks set is an example
Mix Modularity
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Four classes exist
They group subassemblies based on manufacturing
techniques and assembly operations
Four classes are:
OEM modules
Assembly modules
Sizable modules
Conceptual modules
Manufacturing Based
Modularity
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Modules that an OEM can supply at less expense that could
be developed in-house
Examples are power supplies for computers
OEM Modules
Finger print scanner
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Group of components that solve related functions but are
bundled to increase assembly ease
Examples of such modularization are:
Heating sub-system for pools and bathtubs
Heating sub-system for bathtubs
Assembly Modules
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Example forAssembly Modules
Part 16: Control Module with Ignitor
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Components that are exactly the same except for their
physical scale
Examples are lawn-mower blades for different sized (power
rating) lawn mowers or for different levels of mowing
Sizable Modules
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Solve the same function but have different physical
embodiment
Conceptual Modules