Utilization of Design for Modularity Approach to Identify Product Platform

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose a methodology to identify platform from a product variants based on modularity approach. The modules are identified by utilizing two well-established approaches. Two case studies of two types of consumer products have been carried to clarify the methodology .i.e. product which can be categorized from different family and same family. The result shows that the platform can be identified systematically