TITLE:
Overview of Malaysian Modularity Manufacturing Practices
AUTHORS:
Noor Raihani Binti Zainol, Abdullah Al-Mamun, P. Yukthamarani Permarupan
KEYWORDS:
Modules; Modularity; Manufacturing; Interchangeability
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.3 No.7,
November
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Modules and modularity have been
popular concepts in operations research instead of products used in Malaysia. In the latest
development, Modularity is very important in product design of manufacturing
considerations for efficient assembly and complexity to make it better and
fasten the process and products. The paper present is a study on overview of
modularity products and manufacturing practices in Malaysia such as Traditional
Malay House, fordable chair and maintaining services. The process of
modularization makes the functional independence as the goal of good design.
For the best marketing and end user, industry using modularization process or
products leads to creation of product families and uniformity. To make the
process of modularity successful, the industry has to ensure that modularity should maintain independence between
components and processes in different modules and interchangeability between
modules. This paper discusses the modules and modularity which are applied among the manufacturing in
the Malaysia in the context of physical products and services.