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Methodical Development of Modular Product Families

Developing High Product Diversity in a Manageable Way

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  • Presentation of modern product development methods
  • With numerous practical examples of varied products
  • Recommendations for the selection of appropriate methods

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About this book

This book focuses on the development of multi-variant products using modular product structures and thus addresses the reduction of complexity from a product development perspective. These modular product structures allow for a greater variety of demand with a smaller, internal variety of components and processes. As a supplement to the common product development methodology, the necessary basics of modularity and variant diversity as well as the corresponding methods are presented comprehensively. The book thus summarizes the current state of science as well as the research activities of the past ten years at the Institute of Product Development and Design Technology at the TU Hamburg-Harburg.


The target groups


This book is aimed at product developers and decision makers in practice. Science is offered a helpful reference book and interested engineering students can immerse themselves in the development of modular product families with the necessary basics.

This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Methodische Entwicklung modularer Produktfamilien by Dieter Krause & Nicolas Gebhardt, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Dieter Krause, Nicolas Gebhardt

About the authors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Krause studied production technology/mechanical engineering and received his doctorate at the Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. This was followed by leading positions as design manager, technical manager and managing director in mechanical and plant engineering. Since 2005 he has been head of the Institute for Product Development and Design Technology at the TU Hamburg-Harburg. He is a member of the Scientific Society for Product Development (WiGeP).


Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Gebhardt studied product development/mechanical engineering at Hamburg University of Technology and received his doctorate on the use of graphics and visualization in product development at the Institute for product development and Mechanical Engineering Design. As a research assistant, he conducted several research and development projects for modular products and product development processes. Since 2017, he has been working as a complexity manager and product architect in the German industry.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Methodical Development of Modular Product Families

  • Book Subtitle: Developing High Product Diversity in a Manageable Way

  • Authors: Dieter Krause, Nicolas Gebhardt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65680-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65679-2Published: 02 February 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-65682-2Published: 02 February 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-65680-8Published: 01 February 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Production, Industrial and Production Engineering

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