The design structure matrix (DSM), also called the dependency structure matrix, has become
a widely used modeling framework across many areas of research and practice. The DSM …

Increased demand for a greater variety of products has forced many companies to rethink
their strategies to offer more product variants without sacrificing production efficiency. In this …

Modular product platforms have been shown to provide substantial cost and time savings
while still allowing companies to offer a variety of products. As a result, a multitude of product …

Designing a complex system generally requires its decomposition into smaller modular
constituents for the ease of design, integration, operation, and future upgrades. Typically …

Product family design utilizes platform-based modularity to enable product variety and
efficient mass-production. While product platform issues have attracted much attention from …

Modular prefabrication of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems has become
more prevalent during the last decade with the growth of the prefabricated construction …

Product family design offers a cost-effective solution for providing a variety of products to
meet the needs of diverse markets. At the beginning of product family design, designers …

Modularity indices based on Design Structure Matrices (DSMs) have been utilised to help
measure modularity and cluster a product's architecture into independent or coordinated …

A library of prefabricated parts and assemblies, ie module library, can help a firm in the
construction industry transition to a more industrialized and product-oriented approach …

This book presents an introduction to project management and analysis of traditional project
management approaches and their limits regarding complexity. It also includes overviews of …