Incorporating lifecycle costs into product architecture decisions

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 929-938

  Dahmus, Jeffrey B ^a   Otto, Kevin N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Platforms; Serviceability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; PRODUCT DESIGN; WAGES;

PLATFORMS; SERVICEABILITY; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; FAILURE RATE; FUNCTION STRUCTURES; LABOR COSTS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MODULARIZATIONS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; SERVICE COSTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 1542540294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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