Are there market limits to modularisation?

Modularisation is the predominant approach used in the modern automotive industry to widen the variety of products available in the market place at affordable prices. Modularisation has taken place in the context of increased global competition in the industry, a trend towards greater outsourcing of both module manufacture and development and greater volatility in consumer demand at the model level. Modularisation is both a strategy and a process. Like all shifts in the organisation of production in the industry there are potential limits to what can be achieved through modularisation. This paper explores some the extent to which the market itself may impose limitations on what can be achieved via modularisation.(A)

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• Authors:
  • Morris, D
  • Donnelly, Thomas
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 262-275
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1470-9511
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJATM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Costs; Demand; Manufactures; Technology; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 3647: Manufacture; 3855: Technology; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050715
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 4 2007 11:56PM