During the last decade, modularity has attracted the attention of numerous management
scholars, and both theoretical and empirical studies on this topic have flourished. However …

Modularity is a design property of the architecture of products, organizations, and interfirm
networks; modularization is a process that affects those designs while also shaping firm …

A substantial literature stream suggests that many products are becoming more modular
over time, and that this development is often associated with a change in industry structure …

Research on modularity and commonality has grown substantially over the past 15 years.
Searching 36 journals over more than the past 35 years, over 160 references are identified …

Highlights•Existing methods in modular product family development are reviewed.•Key
engineering concepts in this field are suggested.•Considering the key engineering concepts …

Research in modularization of product families reveals numerous individual cause and
effect impacts of modularity on a firm. There are clearly many interrelated positive and …

Over the past 20 years, the use of digital design tools such as C omputer‐A ided‐D esign
(CAD) has increased dramatically. Today, almost no product development project is …

This paper focuses on the engineering design of modular systems in the manufacturing
industry, in which companies can benefit from modular and configurable products that fulfil a …

This paper is based on the development project of productivity by applying principles of
product modularity and design reuse. The focus is on companies operating in manufacturing …

Modularization of product families affects firms in many ways. Many of them have been
investigated in research and observed in industry. But which effect will most likely occur, by …