Abstract: In our earlier work, we have proposed a cyberinfrastructurebased collaboration system for modular product design. One of the main components of the system is a design repository to which suppliers can upload the descriptions ...

Abstract: Modular product platforms have been shown to provide substantial cost and time savings while still allowing companies to offer a variety of products. As a result, a multitude of product platform methods have been developed ...

Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) has made enormous progress over the past decade, as it is capable of producing complex parts with significantly fewer fabrication constraints compared with existing manufacturing technologies ...