This is the first blog in a series of four blogs on the topic of end-to end product configuration. At the end of this blog you will find the links to the other 3. In the modern information society, co...

Sell More, Faster, With Less Effort! Henry Ford once said, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants as long as it is black." What was once a fundamental enabler for industrializati...

The Role of Modularization in the Innovation and Strategy Process to Deal with Future Uncertainties

In our previous blog post about Software Modularization, From a Hardware-First to a Software-First Business, Roger Kulläng explains that many traditional hardware companies find themselves in a positi...

The other day I saw an excellent presentation about the Volkswagen Group 2030 strategy. The basis for the whole presentation was developing the SSP mechatronics platform and the E3 2.0 unified softwar...

Manage the Transformation Through Software Modularization In today’s app-store-driven business environment, many traditional hardware companies find themselves in a position where their hardware produ...

How can Over-Specification of your Modular Products Reduce Complexity Cost? Your different customers have different needs for the performance of a product, driven by their applications and preferences...

For the vast majority of industries, companies want to deliver what their customers are asking for and at the same time achieve economy of scale at an optimal level of product complexity. Many world-l...