Title :
Analysis of coupling and interfacing mechanism for platform architecture
Author :
Cai, Yan-Ling ; Wang, Jin-Feng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage. Eng., Zhengzhou Univ., Zhengzhou, China
Abstract :
Product platform has been proven a successful strategy in business practice, and platform architecture is crucial to platforming strategy. In this paper, some issues on platform architecture are firstly discussed and argued. Then an analysis tool termed as interfacing analysis matrix (IAM) is presented for the analysis of base platform architecture, with improvement of the existing analysis tools for architecture coupling. The base model of a cordless drill is finally applied to exemplify the significance of IAM.
Keywords :
drilling; product development; architecture coupling; business practice; cordless drill; coupling mechanism; interfacing analysis matrix; interfacing mechanism; platform architecture; product platform; Shafts; Switches; Architecture Coupling; Interfacing Analysis Matrix; Interfacing Mechanism; Modular Architecture; Product Platform;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2010 IEEE 17Th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6483-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIEEM.2010.5646124
