Product structuring in a small manufacturing enterprise

Computers in Industry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-292

  O'Donnell, F J ^a   MacCallum, K J ^a   Hogg, T D ^a   Yu, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configuration; Generic product structure; Product breakdown structure: Product family classification tree

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMPUTER ASSISTED PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; GENERIC PRODUCT STRUCTURE; PRODUCT BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE; PRODUCT FAMILY CLASSIFICATION TREE; SMALL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030290441     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-3615(96)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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