The influence of product modularity during concept selection of consumer products

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2001, Pages 299-308

  Mattson, Christopher A ^a   Magleby, Spencer P ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept selection; Design objectives; Design trade offs; Modular product design; Modularity; Product architecture; Product design and development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CONCEPT SELECTION; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT MODULARITY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

BUSINESS STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE EDGES; CONCEPT SELECTION; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; DESIGN STRATEGIES; MODULAR PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT CONCEPTS; PRODUCT MODULARITY;

EID: 0035790610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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