An empirical foundation for product flexibility

Design Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-438

  Rajan, P K Palani ^a   Van Wie, Michael ^b   Campbell, Matthew I ^c   Wood, Kristin L ^c   Otto, Kevin N ^d  

^a APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Product Genesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Design research; Design tools; Evaluation; Product development

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COSTS; EVALUATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN TOOLS; FOUNDATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 18844453654     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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