Modular function deployment applied to a cordless handheld vacuum

Abstract

Modular Function Deployment (Erixon, Modular function deployment – a method for product modularization. PhD thesis, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998) is a structured method used to define modular product architectures through the integration of customer values, company strategy, and the product technology. A modular product architecture breaks down a product into modules that can be directed toward specific, strategic goals where the operations of the company are optimized within each module individually. A presentation of the theory of Modular Function Deployment will serve as the groundwork for a case story based on a cordless handheld vacuum.