Modularization as a system life cycle management strategy: Drivers, barriers, mechanisms and impacts

Guido J.L. Micheli; Paolo Trucco; Yasmine Sabri; Mauro Mancini

doi:10.1177/1847979018825041

Modularization as a system life cycle management strategy: Drivers, barriers, mechanisms and impacts

Guido J.L. Micheli^*
, Paolo Trucco
, Yasmine Sabri
, Mauro Mancini

^*Corresponding author for this work

Politecnico di Milano

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Abstract

This literature-grounded research contributes to a deeper understanding of modularization as a system life cycle management strategy, by providing a comprehensive view of its key barriers, drivers, possible mechanisms of implementation and impact. This comprehensive view, arranged into a decision-making–driven ontology, enables a decision maker to systematically identify modularization implementation opportunities in different industrial and service domains. The proposed ontology transforms modularization into a fully operationalizable strategy and contributes to a paradigm shift in the understanding of modularization, from a pure design option (i.e. modularity) to a fully strategic choice that, by nature, impacts on many of the system’s life cycle phases and involves a number of stakeholders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Journal	International Journal of Engineering Business Management
Volume	11
Early online date	10 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1847979018825041
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2019

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This paper presents part of the results of the project “Plant modularisation in the process and power industry: in the search of more flexible and resilient operations in a life cycle perspective”, granted by Politecnico di Milano as a “Fondi di Ateneo di Ricerca di Base” project. Special thanks to Tristano Sainati, Nicola Careri, Andrea Acremoni, Roberto Termine, Francesco Vincenti for their support in this research.

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barriers
drivers
impact
life cycle
mechanisms
Modularization
ontology

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