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...

Modularization based on geometry – chopping up the product into building blocks based around a single function and on their position in relation to other modules – does not in itself fully drive towar...

Are Online Product Configurators of Today Delivering on the Value Promise of Increasing Sales Effectiveness? In an earlier blog post, Alex Ginsburg discussed the importance of understanding customer n...

Modular Systems Support Agile and Flexible Supply Chains In a recent Gartner survey, only 21% of respondents stated that they have a highly resilient network today, meaning high visibility and the agi...

Using CPQ Solutions and Online Product Configurators to Support your Sales Team In today’s digital age, even the sales of the most complex and expensive products are moving online. Modern sales tools ...