Relating product definition and product variety

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-80

  McKay, A ^a   Erens, F ^b,c   Bloor, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KPMG   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data integration; Product family; Product framework; Product model

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FILE EDITORS; MARKETING;

DATA INTEGRATION; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT FRAMEWORK; PRODUCT MODEL; PRODUCT VARIETY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0029721478     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01607862     Document Type: Article

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