Modular function deployment
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. As a result of said research, the company Modular Management was registered in 1996, offering consultancy services centered on the MFD method.
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