Platform-based design and development: Current trends and needs in industry

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Simpson, Timothy W ^a   Marion, Tucker ^a   De Weck, Olivier ^b   Hölttä Otto, Katja ^c   Kokkolaras, Michael ^d   Shooter, Steven B ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Modularity; Product family; Product platform; Product variety

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CUSTOMERS; MODULARITY; PRODUCT PLATFORM;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33751324153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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