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An Analysis of the Effect of Adopting New Technology and Modularity in NPD on Firm Profitability

신제품 개발에서 신기술 및 모듈화 도입이 기업수익에 미치는 영향에 대한 분석

  • 편제범 (호서대학교 빅데이터경영공학부)
  • Received : 2019.10.10
  • Accepted : 2019.11.02
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

As customers' needs are more diversified, the issue of managing product variety has become more important to manufacturers. It is because an increase in product variety may cause various inefficiencies in operations, while satisfying more diverse needs. Consequently, firms have introduced the concept of modularity to improve operational performance. Yet there are only a few studies which analytically investigate the effect of modularity in new product development (NPD). Therefore, this research develops an analytical model of exploring the effect of modularity on firm profitability when a component built upon new technology is introduced into an existing product, and provides important managerial implications on the NPD and technology management, which can guide the decision making on modularity in practice. The results show that it is necessary to increase modularity level when i) the product is easy to upgrade, ii) the product's price should be high due to external factors, and iii) the effect of new technology investment is uncertain, while it is desirable to increase the investment cost for introducing new products with low demand elasticity for modularity.

고객의 요구나 선호도가 다양해짐에 따라 제품의 다양화가 필요하지만, 이는 오퍼레이션스의 비효율성이 야기될 수 있어 기업의 중요 관심사가 되고 있다. 따라서 원활한 오퍼레이션스 기능 수행을 위해 기업들은 제품의 모듈화 구조를 도입해 왔다. 하지만 신제품 개발 과정에서 모듈화의 효과를 계량적으로 분석한 연구는 미흡하다. 이에 본 연구는 기존 제품에 신기술이 포함된 부품이 도입되는 제품개발의 상황에서 모듈화가 기업의 수익에 미치는 영향에 관한 계량모델을 개발하고 이를 분석하여 몇 가지 중요한 명제를 도출함으로써 신제품 개발 시 고려해야 할 신기술 도입 및 모듈화의 의사결정에 필요한 가이드라인을 제시하였다. 연구 결과, i) 제품의 업그레이드가 용이하거나, ii) 외부요인으로 인해 제품의 가격이 높게 책정되어야 할 경우, iii) 신기술 투자비용의 효과가 불확실할 경우, 모듈화 수준을 높이는 노력이 필요하고, 모듈화에 대한 수요탄력성이 낮은 제품의 신제품 개발 시에는 신기술 도입의 투자비용을 늘리는 것이 바람직하다.

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