Modularization of an Engine Series

Due to the following four essential changes to the market conditions, complexity is increasing rapidly for companies:

• Growth of global competition & market
• Increase of individuality & customer-specific requirements
• Different requirements of the market regions
• Shortened delivery times with low prices, as well as continuously rising performance and quality

Companies are searching for ways to reduce the emerging complexity and the customer-driven product portfolio and to increase efficiency. Platforms and modules allow for a significant reduction of complexity (and variance) while optimizing time, costs, and quality at the same time.

In the course of the development of a new engine series (large-scale engine industry), PEC was commissioned to support the project team during the determination of the cross-derivative platform and to implement a cross-series module building set.

Phase 1 | Platform Design & Potential Evaluation

• Identification and analysis of the essential levers and drivers of the product portfolio (variant analyses, driver analyses, functional analyses, interface analyses, development trends)
• From the analysis, the functional module profile follows, in which potential is evaluated at the highest level and a platform suggestion is developed.

Phase 2 | Divisional & Functional Strategies

• Screening and support with the development of the divisional strategies (Production, Purchasing, Sales, etc.)
• Support with the development of the sub-system and functional strategies: product orientation, product function
• Definition of the platform agreement in consideration of the divisional and functional strategies

Phase 3 | Module Design

• Definition of strategic orientations per module based on in-depth analysis
• Elaboration of cross-functional module concepts
• Definition of the module-cycle plan
• Documentation of the results in the module books