Modularity inProductandProcessModularProduct:Can be made by appropriately combining the differentmodulesIt entails providing customers a number of options foreach moduleModularProcess:Each product undergo a discrete setof operationsmaking it possible to store inventory insemi-finishedformProducts differfromeachotherintermsof thesubsetof operations thatareperformed on them11-16
11-16 Modularity in Product and Process ⚫ Modular Product: ⚫ Can be made by appropriately combining the different modules ⚫ It entails providing customers a number of options for each module ⚫ Modular Process: ⚫ Each product undergo a discrete set of operations making it possible to store inventory in semi-finished form ⚫ Products differ from each other in terms of the subset of operations that are performed on them
Modularity in ProductandProcessSemiconductorwaferfabricationismodular since the type of chip produceddependsonthe unique set of operationsperformedOil refiningisnotmodularsinceitiscontinuous and inventory storage of semifinishedproductis difficult11-17
11-17 Modularity in Product and Process ⚫ Semiconductor wafer fabrication is modular since the type of chip produced depends on the unique set of operations performed ⚫ Oil refining is not modular since it is continuous and inventory storage of semifinished product is difficult