Product support strategy: Conventional versus functional products

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-67

  Markeset, Tore ^a   Kumar, Uday ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business support services; Life cycle costs; Manufacturing industries; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATION; SENSORS;

BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES; LIFE CYCLE COSTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SERVICE DELIVERY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 13444286119     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510510589370     Document Type: Article

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