MANUFACTURER NETWORKS PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE APPROACH

- Organized in international networks - Focuses on product design

- Configuration & coordination - Considers development process
- Better results through network - Considers manufacturing process
capabilities - Considers opportunities &
- Scale, scope economies & flexibility constraints

THE MODULAR PLATFORMS

ON AUTOMOBILE
MANUFACTURING
AUTOMOBILE SECTOR NETWORKS PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
- Key concept in approach
- Significant development in late - Product families based on platforms
1990s - Increased efficiency & economies of
scale
- Use of 'standard platforms'
- Shift to modular platforms
- Efficiency in design & production
- Transition to modular platforms