Distributed knowledge management for product and process variety in mass customisation

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-30

  Zhang, Mei ^a   Chen, Y J ^a   Tseng, Mitchell M ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Generic bills of material; Mass customisation; Master process; Matching matrix; Process variety; Product family; Product variety

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LOGISTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

GENERIC BILLS-OF-MATERIAL; MASS CUSTOMIZAITON; MASTER PROCESSES; MATCHING MATRIX; PROCESS VARIETY; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT VARIETY;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 15844405449     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2005.006419     Document Type: Article

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