Platform differentiation plan for platform leverage across market niches

被引:13
作者
Cai, Y. L. [1 ]
Nee, A. Y. C. [1 ,2 ]
Lu, W. F. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Singapore MITAlliance, IMST Program, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Mech Engn, Singapore 117576, Singapore
关键词
product design methodology; design method; product platform leverage strategy;
D O I
10.1016/j.cirp.2008.03.088
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This paper presents a methodology of proposing a platform differentiation plan (PDP) to provide a platform leverage strategy across market niches. PDP is designed to provide a consistent balance between mutual differentiation and components sharing for the leveraged platforms at the early product planning stage. Two indices, i.e. differentiation index (DI) and commonality opportunity index (COI),are presented to represent the dimensions of product platform differentiation and commonality, respectively. Through a case study of electronic test equipment (ETE), the usefulness of PDP for the platform leverage strategy across market niches is demonstrated. (C) 2008 CIRP.
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页码:141 / 144
页数:4
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