Customer focused textile and apparel manufacturing systems: Toward an effective ecommerce model

Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 161-179

  Bae, JiHyun ^a   May Plumlee, Traci ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD CAM system; E commerce; Manufacturing systems; Mass customization

Indexed keywords

APPAREL FABRIC; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; E-COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURED FIBER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 32644443197     PISSN: 15330915     EISSN: 15330915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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