Overview of Malaysian Modularity Manufacturing Practices

Noor Raihani Binti Zainol, Abdullah Al-Mamun, P. Yukthamarani Permarupan

Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Management, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2013.37070                

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.

Keywords

Modules; Modularity; Manufacturing; Interchangeability

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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