A multi-criteria framework for screening preliminary product platform concepts

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 125-136

  Otto, Kevin ^a   Hölttä, Katja ^b,c  

^a Product Genesis   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Concept evaluation; Platform; Product architecture

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPT EVALUATION; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (CO); PLATFORM; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERION; MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; PLATFORM CONCEPT; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; PRODUCT VARIANTS; SINGLE PRODUCT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 14044254929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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