Types of partly configurable products in high-variety, low-volume context
Year: 2023
Editor: Kevin Otto, Boris Eisenbart, Claudia Eckert, Benoit Eynard, Dieter Krause, Josef Oehmen, Nad
Author: Heikkinen, Teuvo; Juuti, Tero
Series: ICED
Institution: Tampere University
Section: Design Methods
Page(s): 3661-3670
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.367
ISBN: -
ISSN: -
Abstract
Research on partly configurable products is emerging. Key concepts of these types of products have been scarcely synthetized, as definitions of partly configurable products in high-variety, low-volume industrial context are limited. These products incorporate modular and integral designs, which calls for an overview on the relations of key concepts defining them. The problem is approached through an exploratory literature review, which allowed an overview of the key concepts over product modularity and partly configurable products. Those were synthetized further define partly configurable products. As a result, four types of partly configurable products are given. This review supports vantage over the key concepts and their relations for reuse with partly configurable products in academia. For practitioners the presented attributes and given examples support in understanding of concepts and their relations with partly configurable products.
Keywords: Partly configurable product, Design management, Product architecture, Product structuring