Mediating effects of computer-aided design usage: From concurrent engineering to product development performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 494-510

  Tan, Chong Leng ^a   Vonderembse, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Empirical research; Product development

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

COST PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURING COSTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33747879108     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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