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Modular Function Deployment Applied to a Cordless Handheld Vacuum

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Modular Function Deployment (Erixon, Modular function deployment – a method for product modularization. PhD thesis, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998) is a structured method used to define modular product architectures through the integration of customer values, company strategy, and the product technology. A modular product architecture breaks down a product into modules that can be directed toward specific, strategic goals where the operations of the company are optimized within each module individually. A presentation of the theory of Modular Function Deployment will serve as the groundwork for a case story based on a cordless handheld vacuum.

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The author wishes to thank his colleagues at Modular Management USA, Inc., who patiently provided feedback on several iterations of this chapter.

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    Fredrik Börjesson

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  1. Dept. Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Timothy W. Simpson

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Jianxin (Roger) Jiao

  3. School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Zahed Siddique

  4. Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

    Katja Hölttä-Otto

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Börjesson, F. (2014). Modular Function Deployment Applied to a Cordless Handheld Vacuum. In: Simpson, T., Jiao, J., Siddique, Z., Hölttä-Otto, K. (eds) Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7937-6_24

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