Strategic decisions in the early stages of product family design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 381-393

  Maier, Jonathan R A ^a   Fadel, Georges M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DESIGN AIDS; MECHANISMS; TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

DESIGN TOOLS; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES; FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN; MANUFACTURING PARADIGM; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN; PRODUCT INTRODUCTION; SINGLE PRODUCT; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

EID: 0035790613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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