Achieving cost leadership means consistently demonstrating, with data, that your product’s total direct material and labor costs are lower than those of your competitors. In the durable goods industry...

Imagine you’re a CEO or a corporate business unit leader who has just orchestrated a major merger or acquisition. The excitement of creating a larger, more powerful entity is palpable, but so are the ...

What is Modular Product Architecture? Businesses with complex product offerings, composed of multiple technical systems, offered to different markets through different channels, have a challenge in st...

Modularization is a tool that increases speed when creating a range of designs while improving robustness by limiting the impact of changes. Modularity can be applied to different scopes, be it sub-sy...

If I say modular product development, what kind of product comes first to your mind? It's probably a car or a machine of some sort. Our own first examples to explain modularity to beginners often incl...

As you already know, maximizing long-term profits for your company requires you to manage your portfolio of products with skill and finesse. But what if your product portfolio is based on a platform? ...

To achieve maximum efficiency in the sales-to-delivery process, automation is a key component, with one-touch configuration as the ultimate goal. However, many companies need help with creating, docum...

Recently I received an interesting question from one of my colleagues within Modular Management. A customer within the automotive industry was exploring Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for thei...