Flexible product platforms: Framework and case study

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  De Weck, Olivier L ^a   Suh, Eun Suk ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVESTMENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKETING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BODY-IN-WHITE (BIW); CUSTOMIZATION; FLEXIBLE PRODUCT PLATFORMS; MARKET UNCERTAINTY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33751311081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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