Enhancing the usability of consumer products through manufacturing: Part I - developing the usability-manufacturing attribute linkages for a hybrid bicycle

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-43

  Govindaraju, Majorkumar ^a   Mital, Anil ^b  

^a Tech Info Management Services   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DISPOSABILITY; MAINTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RECYCLING; RELIABILITY;

CUSTOMIZABILITY; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLINESS; FUNCTIONALITY; PRODUCT USABILITY; RECYCLABILITY; SERVICEABILITY;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033686816     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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