Assessing the inherent flexibility of product families for meeting customisation requirements

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 227-246

  Dan, Bin ^a,b   Tseng, Mitchell M ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexibility Index (FI); Mass customisation; Product family

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MOTORCYCLES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FLEXIBILITY INDEX (FI); MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PRODUCT FAMILY; UN COUPLE PRODUCT DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33847027644     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2007.011851     Document Type: Article

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