Enablers & Barriers for realizing modularity benefits

Simon Haahr Storbjerg; Thomas Ditlev Brunoe; Jesper Thyssen; Steffen Joergensen

Enablers & Barriers for realizing modularity benefits

Simon Haahr Storbjerg, Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Jesper Thyssen, Steffen Joergensen

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Although modularization is becoming both a well-described domain in academia and a broadly applied concept in business, many of today's firm still struggle to realize the promised benefits of this approach. Managing modularization is a complex matter, and in spite of this, a topic that has received far less attention compared to the theories and methods concerning modularization of technical systems. Harvesting the full potential of modularization, particularly in relation to product development agility, depends on more than an optimal architecture. Key enablers in this context are the organizational and systems related aspects. Recognizing the need for guidance to realize the benefits of modularity, the purpose of this study is through a literature study and a case study to improve the insight into the organizational and systems related enablers and barriers with regard to obtaining the full potential of modularization in terms of product development agility.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference
Editors	Poul Kyvsgaard Hansen, John Rasmussen, Kaj A. Jorgensen, Christian Tollestrup
Publisher	Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University and The Design Society, University of Strathclyde
Publication date	2012
ISBN (Electronic)	9788791831515
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	9th NordDesign Conference, NordDesign 2012 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 22 Aug 2012 → 24 Aug 2012

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Conference	9th NordDesign Conference, NordDesign 2012
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	22/08/2012 → 24/08/2012

Series	NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference

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Keywords

Agility
Modularity
New Product Introduction

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Storbjerg, Simon Haahr ; Brunoe, Thomas Ditlev ; Thyssen, Jesper et al. / Enablers & Barriers for realizing modularity benefits. NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference. editor / Poul Kyvsgaard Hansen ; John Rasmussen ; Kaj A. Jorgensen ; Christian Tollestrup. Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University and The Design Society, University of Strathclyde, 2012. (NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference).

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Storbjerg, SH, Brunoe, TD , Thyssen, J & Joergensen, S 2012, Enablers & Barriers for realizing modularity benefits. in PK Hansen, J Rasmussen, KA Jorgensen & C Tollestrup (eds), NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference. Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University and The Design Society, University of Strathclyde, NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference, 9th NordDesign Conference, NordDesign 2012, Aalborg, Denmark, 22/08/2012.

Enablers & Barriers for realizing modularity benefits. / Storbjerg, Simon Haahr; Brunoe, Thomas Ditlev ; Thyssen, Jesper et al.
NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference. ed. / Poul Kyvsgaard Hansen; John Rasmussen; Kaj A. Jorgensen; Christian Tollestrup. Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University and The Design Society, University of Strathclyde, 2012. (NordDesign 2012 - Proceedings of the 9th NordDesign Conference).

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