Toward a Product System Modularity Construct: Literature Review and Reconceptualization
Toward a Product System Modularity Construct: Literature Review and Reconceptualization
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DOI：
10.1109/tem.2007.893996
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发表时间：
2007-04
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
F. Salvador
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作者：
F. Salvador
产品模块化在工程和管理文献中已经讨论了四十多年。在此期间，关于产品模块化含义的定义和观点激增，以至于很难理解该概念的基本特征。虽然定义模糊往往是学术辩论的副产品，但它也阻碍了科学知识的进步。本文的目的是向前迈进了一步，对产品模块化的更精确的定义，阐明了产品系统的模块化结构领域的有形，组装工件。更准确地说，本文从组件可分离性和组件可组合性的角度对产品模块化进行了构成性定义。通过对构件可分离性和可组合性的操作化，提出了产品模块化的间接操作定义。建议的定义是最后相关的其他定义的角度合成的文献综述：组件的通用性，功能绑定，接口标准化，松耦合。通过这种方式，产品模块化结构的法则网络被布置。结构验证活动留待进一步研究
Product modularity has been discussed in engineering and management literature for over forty years. During this time span, definitions and views on the meaning of product modularity proliferated to the extent that it is difficult to understand the essential traits of the concept. While definitional ambiguity is often a byproduct of academic debate, it hinders the advancement of scientific knowledge as well. This paper aims to move a step forward toward a more precise definition of product modularity, by articulating a product system modularity construct in the domain of tangible, assembled artifacts. More precisely, the paper constitutively defines product modularity in terms of component separability and component combinability. An indirect operational definition for product modularity is then proposed by operationalizing component separability and component combinability. The proposed definition is finally related to other definitional perspectives synthesized by a literature review: component commonality, function binding, interface standardization, and loose coupling. In this way, the nomological network of the product modularity construct is laid out. Construct validation activities are left to further research