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Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
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Abstract

The note discusses the modularization of design, and the modularization of manufacturing in the commercial aerospace industry. It is intended to be taught with the case, "Boeing 737 Industrial Footprint: The Wichita Decision," HBS No. 612-036.

Keywords

Design; Production; Technology; Aerospace Industry

Citation

Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Modularity in Design and Manufacturing: Application to Commercial Aircraft." Harvard Business School Background Note 612-035, October 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
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Willy C. Shih

Technology and Operations Management
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