Product Modularity and its effect on Service and Maintenance
Product Modularity and its effect on Service and Maintenance
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产品模块化及其对服务和维护的影响
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1997
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通讯作者：
G. Prasad
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J. Gershenson;G. Prasad
本文论述了模块化产品与其维修的关系。这种关系是基于模块化的扩展定义，其中包括模块化的潜力，不仅基于产品的最终用途，而且还基于服务和维护的方法。通过将这种扩展的模块化定义（称为服务模块化）纳入产品开发，可以实现更健壮的产品模块化。模块化，由于它创造的功能独立性，被称为良好设计的目标。工业界努力使产品模块化，以方便地满足最终用户和市场的功能需求。有时候，模块的创建会考虑到服务的某些方面。然而，这种模块化是在没有充分了解设计变化所涉经费问题的情况下进行的。一旦考虑到产品生命周期的其他方面，这种开发模块化产品的非结构化过程往往会导致昂贵的重新设计或昂贵的产品。
This paper discusses the relationship between modular products and their service and maintenance. The relationship is based on an expanded definition of modularity which incorporates the potential of modularity based not only on end uses of a product but also the method of service and maintenance. By incorporating this expanded definition of modularity, called service modularity, into product development, a more robust product modularity can be achieved. Modularization, due to the functional independence it creates, has been called the goal of good design. Industry has made an effort to modularize products to easily meet the functional needs of end users and marketing. Occasionally, modules are created with some aspects of service in mind. However, this modularization is done without fully understanding the financial implications of the design changes. Once other aspects of the product life-cycle is accounted for, this unstructured process of developing modular products often leads to costly redesigns or expensive products.