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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized—rather than ready-made—products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized—rather than ready-made—products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order ~~personalized - rather~~ than ready-~~made - products~~ and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized—rather than ready-made—products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

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	* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis ~~<span style="background-color: yellow;">~~The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.		* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis. The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.
	* Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator, Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg ~~[http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf</span>~~		* [http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf "Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator"], Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company ~~[https://www.modularmanagement.com/~~ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis ~~[http~~:~~//swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en],~~ The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.		* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis <span style="background-color: yellow;">The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.
	* Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator, Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg [http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf]		* Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator, Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg [http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf</span>

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|~~last~~=Ericsson\|~~first~~=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?~~hl=sv&lr=&~~id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=~~fnd~~&pg=PP12~~&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false~~\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org~~/abstract~~/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last1=Ericsson\|first1=Anna\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-SPpezS7WkC&q=lego&pg=PP12\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|s2cid=33577589\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|isbn=978-952-15-1924-6\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

	==Five Steps==		==Five Steps==

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo~~\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development~~\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|~~url-status~~=~~live~~}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|publisher=Tampere University of Technology\|year=2007\|location=Tampere}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

	==Five Steps==		==Five Steps==

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Lehtonen\|first=Timo\|title=Designing Modular Product Architecture in the New Product Development\|url=https://trepo.tuni.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/114367/lehtonen713.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|url-status=live}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

	==Five Steps==		==Five Steps==

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	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref>. As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s.<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref> As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=2007~~-02~~\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=February 2007\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

	==Five Steps==		==Five Steps==
	MFD consists of five steps and is often illustrated as a circle to emphasize that it is an iterative process. <ref name=":0" />		MFD consists of five steps and is often illustrated as a circle to emphasize that it is an iterative process.<ref name=":0" />
	#Clarify Customer Needs		#Clarify Customer Needs
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	== References ==		== References ==
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	* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.		* Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.
	* Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator, Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg [http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf]		* Application of the Modular Function Deployment Tool on a pressure regulator, Gilles Clemen / Rotarex Automotive S.A., Lintgen/Luxembourg [http://team.fh-kl.de/fileadmin/team/albert-meij/pdf/Zusammenfassung_Gilles_Clemen.pdf]

	==External ~~Link~~==		==External links==
	* [https://modularmanagement.com/mfd/ Modular Function Deployment]		* [https://modularmanagement.com/mfd/ Modular Function Deployment]

	[[Category:Modularity\|Function deployment]]		[[Category:Modularity\|Function deployment]]
	[[Category:Product development]]		[[Category:Product development]]

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			'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method for creating modular product architectures, based on research performed at [[KTH Royal Institute of Technology]] in the 1990s<ref>Gunnar Erixon: "Modular Function Deployment – A Method for Product Modularisation", Ph.D. Thesis [http://swepub.kb.se/bib/swepub:oai:DiVA.org:kth-2619?tab2=abs&language=en], The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998. TRITA-MSM R-98-1, ISSN 1104-2141, ISRN KTH/MSM/R-98/1-SE.</ref>. As a result of said research, the company [https://www.modularmanagement.com/ Modular Management] was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=About - Modular Management\|url=https://www.modularmanagement.com/about\|access-date=2021-02-16\|website=www.modularmanagement.com\|language=en}}</ref>
	'''Modular Function Deployment''' (MFD) is a method invented by Modular Management company to create product architectures.

	With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces. A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.		With a modular product architecture, companies can offer a wide range of products and services without increasing complexity, since modules and module variants, like blocks of [[LEGO]], can be configured in many different ways. The MFD method ensures that each module has functional, strategic and customer-centric value and can be combined with other modules through standardized interfaces.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Ericsson\|first=Anna\|url=https://books.google.se/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=M-SPpezS7WkC&oi=fnd&pg=PP12&ots=ZJHPa7X7ZN&sig=8lWXS6qsDbAus0W31T-X6oViLzE&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=lego&f=false\|title=Controlling Design Variants: Modular Product Platforms\|last2=Erixon\|first2=Gunnar\|date=1999\|publisher=Society of Manufacturing Engineers\|isbn=978-0-87263-514-2\|language=en}}</ref> A modular product architecture can enable [[mass customization]], where customers configure and order personalized - rather than ready-made - products and services.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mikkola\|first=J. H.\|date=2007-02\|title=Management of Product Architecture Modularity for Mass Customization: Modeling and Theoretical Considerations\|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4077236\|journal=IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management\|volume=54\|issue=1\|pages=57–69\|doi=10.1109/TEM.2006.889067\|issn=1558-0040}}</ref>

	==Five Steps==		==Five Steps==
	MFD consists of five steps:		MFD consists of five steps and is often illustrated as a circle to emphasize that it is an iterative process. <ref name=":0" />
	#Clarify Customer Needs		#Clarify Customer Needs
	#Identify Functions and Solutions		#Identify Functions and Solutions