Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design
Methods & Applications
- Author
- Timothy W. Simpson (editor), Jianxin Roger Jiao (editor), Zahed Siddique (editor), Katja Hölttä-Otto (editor)
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2014
- Pages
- 819
Summary
Addresses platform strategy, architectural decomposition, module definition and implementation. This edited volume combines motivation for platform-based development with methods and tools for planning, architecting and implementing families of products based on shared platforms.
The 30 chapters progress from a literature overview to advanced design methods and industrial applications. Topics include platform planning, modular function deployment, reuse and the economics of commonality; Cameron and Crawley's platform-strategy chapter is also listed separately in the PLM Library.
Our verdict
Recommended for advanced practitioners. Individual chapters make useful focused reading assignments on platform strategy, module definition and implementation, while the full volume provides a substantial reference for platform-based product development.
Who should read it
- —Experienced platform and product-family designers
- —Engineering leaders choosing modularization methods
- —Educators and consultants assembling targeted reading assignments
How it relates to your work
- —Compare methods for translating platform strategy into product architecture and module definitions.
- —Relate engineering reuse and commonality decisions to implementation and financial outcomes.
Keep in mind
- —The volume has a 2014 copyright year and was released in September 2013; the library uses the requested 2014 edition year.
- —The separately listed Cameron and Crawley chapter is part of this book, not an additional edition of it.
- —An advanced edited reference; publisher access may require purchase or an institutional subscription.