Passionate Pioneers Accelerating Business Performance Since 1996
Stockholm, May 20, 2021 – Modular Management
2021 is a special year for us at Modular Management as we celebrate 25 years of serving clients across the globe while mastering product complexity and accelerating business performance. We are enabled by our unique expertise, methods, and tools for Strategic Product Architecting and Modularity. We have become a strategic provider of consulting services and software at many of the world’s most renowned companies and serve these clients around the globe through our offices in the USA, Germany, Japan, and Finland.
“It’s been an amazing journey from when Gunnar Erixon, Arne Erlandsson, and I started our research project back in the early 1990s, resulting in the development of MFD (Modular Function Deployment) methodology and the founding of Modular Management. Today, 25 years later, we are proud of the results we have achieved together with our clients and to be recognized as leaders in our field.” Alex von Yxkull, Founder of Modular Management.
Modular Function Deployment remains our core methodology, but as a result of continuous research, experience and feedback from hundreds of applications with our clients, we have developed more than 20 methods and 70 unique tools. Our state-of-the-art PALMA Software is now on its third generation and continues to accelerate performance of complex product portfolios.
“Our unique and well-proven intellectual property, unbeaten track-record in realizing tangible results, and passionate colleagues are why I think we are recognized as leaders in Strategic Product Architecture, Modularity and Configurability. We’re, of course, proud of the results we have achieved together with our clients, but we are also very grateful for the opportunities and trust that we are provided by them. Thanks to companies, like Whirlpool, Ericsson, GE, Scania and Toyota, we never stop challenging and improving our capabilities to accelerate performance in complex product portfolios and mastering complexity. We are just getting started.” Karl-Johan Linghede, CEO Modular management
The Future of Modularity
Looking into the future, winners are the companies that manage to stay agile and efficient in delivering what their customers want. They are also fast in deploying new technology and functions, while continuously optimizing cost of complexity and profitability. These are the companies that adopt a modular approach to their entire business, from strategy to execution.
We have been pioneers in our field since 1996 and will continue to innovate and evolve, making our clients successful while mastering the complexity challenge. We are grateful to you who would like to be a part of our future journey.
Voice of our clients
“There’s a lot of talk about tearing down the silos and having people work cross-functionally. If you are looking to accelerate value from your modular product architecture, that’s where PALMA come into play. This opens up all kinds of possibilities, and I think management with some creativity and imagination can really find ways to turn this into not just an execution tool, but something that allows a rethink of how they run their businesses.”
Mart Tiismann, former CEO at Sidel
“To me, modular product architecture is still a bit of a secret. Why isn’t every company in the world who makes things doing this? In my mind, it’s the Magic Sauce that a lot of companies are not applying today, and they should be! I’ve not seen very many things in my 45-year career having the impact that Modular Product Architecture can have on your business”
Steve Paddock, former SVP Product Development at Whirlpool
“The consistent implementation of modular platforms is one of our major strategic concepts for the future. The competence and know-how that Modular Management offers has been a great support for us when implementing changes of vital importance in the areas of R&D and manufacturing processes.”
Anders Birgersson, CEO and President VBG Group AB
“The modularity has been quite a transformation journey for us over the last years, and I´m very glad we recognized early on the need for a proper partner to support us. We have been impressed with the professionalism and know-how Modular Management has brought as our partner to the project, along with the deep co-operation that has continued ever since. We have achieved great concrete developments so far and aim for ever higher in the future”.
Petri Rasinmäki, Vice President, Board and Paper Machines Technology at Valmet
Voice of Modular Management
“We have been fortunate to work with leaders who want to make transformational improvements to their company’s performance. By embracing this new way of thinking and the supporting methodology, they have seen the benefits and Modular Management has grown along with their success.”
Luther Johnson, client since 2004 and President of Modular Management USA since 2010
“Regardless of our clients starting point, it is always a rewarding experience to work with them to initiate the transformation and realize the value enabled by modularity and configurability. There are always opportunities to increase the value enabled by modularity, both short-term and long-term”
Lars Gullander, President Modular Management APAC
“It’s been an amazing experience to work closely with companies transforming their core to be able to deliver on customer requirements, balancing their complexity cost and giving room for innovation.” Susanne Flyckt Sandström, President of Modular Management Sweden & Finland
“No matter how often I have seen it - I am deeply impressed every time and enjoy the moment when the management team realizes which financial benefits and business goals can be achieved through the implementation of a holistic modular product architecture.”
Dr.Markus Lots, President Modular Management Germany
“From the beginning, Modular Management has developed our own software solutions. PALMA is our third generation that we completely rebuilt and migrated to an enterprise-level cloud native SaaS solution. Today, and for the past two decades, we have the only software on the market that supports the creation, implementation and governance of modular systems end-to-end, enabling the digital thread. We are very proud of this.”
Jakob Åsell, CTO PALMA
I'm proud to be working together with so many brilliant minds, both at our client's side and with my colleagues who are dedicated and passionate about helping our clients reach the next level and accelerate the true value of Modularity"
Tadashi Matsuo, President Modular management Japan