A product variety tradeoff evaluation method for a family of cordless drill transmissions

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1999, Pages 1209-1220

  Conner, Carolyn G ^a   De Kroon, Joseph P ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Product family; Product platform; Product variety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRILLS; INFILL DRILLING; TRANSMISSIONS;

PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; PRODUCT VARIETY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 34147149006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC99/DAC-8625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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