Open architecture for product adaptability: challenges in design, evaluation and implementation

市场竞争和技术发展的快速进步导致了机床、汽车和手机等工业和消费产品的多样化和寿命缩短。设计一款能够在整个生命周期内不断满足用户需求变化的产品是一项挑战。与现有产品相比，适应性强的产品是指在产品寿命期内可以升级以满足用户需求的产品。本文的研究将开发使用开放式体系结构的方法，以提高产品的适应性。据建议，一个适应性强的产品将包括三种类型的功能模块：作为产品平台的通用模块，供用户在购买产品时选择的定制模块，以及允许用户在产品生命周期内升级功能的个性化模块。适应性产品将为用户提供开放的界面，以根据其不断变化的需求升级功能，而无需完全更换产品。这是产品实施中的一个创新概念。

Market competition and the rapid progress of technology development have led to wider diversity and shorter lifespans for industrial and consumer products such as machine tools, cars and cell phones. It is a challenge to design a product that can continuously meet changing user needs throughout its lifespan. In contrast to existing products, an adaptable product would be one that can be upgraded to meet user needs during the lifetime of the product. The research proposed here will develop methods using open architecture to improve product adaptability. It is proposed that an adaptable product would consist of three types of functional modules: common modules that serve as product platforms, customized modules for users to select when purchasing a product, and personalized modules that allow users to upgrade functions during the lifetime of the product. Adaptable products will provide open interfaces for users to upgrade functions in response to their changing needs without having to replace the product entirely. This represents an innovative concept in product implementation.