Investigating the role of IT in customized product design

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-434

  Yassine, Ali ^a   Kim, Ki Chan ^b   Roemer, Thomas ^c   Holweg, Matthias ^d  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customization; Information technology; Product design and development

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PRINTERS (COMPUTER); PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM ASSEMBLERS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

DESIGN CUSTOMIZATION; DESIGN EFFICIENCY; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 3142731991     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728042000238782     Document Type: Article

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