Modularity: International industry benchmarking and research roadmap

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Ishii, Kosuke ^a   Yang, Tae G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DECISION THEORY; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; COST ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRIX (DSM); PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE (PA); DESIGN ENVIRONMENT; DISTRIBUTED ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING DESIGN; HIGH EFFICIENT; MARKET PRESSURE; MODULAR PRODUCTS; PRODUCT STRUCTURE; RESEARCH ROADMAP; TIME TO MARKET; WORK TASK;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 1842709990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2003/dfm-48132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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