Technological Modularity Driver and Organizational Capability in Automobile Industry:A Case Study on Functional Module in Mazda
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The purpose of this study is to explore (1)what the technological modularity driver is and (2) what organizational capability is needed in modularization in the auto industry. To be concrete, this study proposes that the material innovation is an important kind of technological modularity driver in modularization to make up functional module. As a result, the integration of components by plastics has effects on weight reduction, cost reduction, downsizing, and promotes vehicle mechanical re-design and commonization effect. And, in organizational capability, it is important for an auto maker to search-evaluation capability for supplier's capability dispersed in a supplier system. Then, as a modular supplier, it should be required the absorption capacity that is the evaluation of quality, cost information, related component knowledge and vehicle structure knowledge. That is to say, as modular supplier, the integration capability that integrates and re-design components in module should have become important.In this research, we introduced a case study of Mazda, the modular strategy of Mazda shifts from sub-assembly module assembled a large chunk to functional module integrated functions of components. In this process of modularization, the important technological driver in modularization is material innovation using plastic and incremental production engineering innovation being participated suppliers, outer resources.This result shows that auto maker should have become important building the search-evaluation capability which strategically evaluates the level of component knowledge of suppliers and analyzes its availability for modularization as the integration process of knowledge.
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