Supply-chain configurations for mass customization

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-397

  Salvador, Fabrizio ^a   Rungtusanatham, M ^b   Forza, Ciprino ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case research; Mass customization; Performance tradeoffs; Product architecture; Product variety; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CASE RESEARCH; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PERFORMANCE TRADEOFFS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT VARIETY; SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 3142660217     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728042000238818     Document Type: Article

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