Frameworks for product family design and development

Concurrent Engineering Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-199

  Alizon, Fabrice ^a   Khadke, Kiran ^b   Thevenot, Henri J ^c   Gershenson, John K ^b   Marion, Tucker J ^c   Shooter, Steven B ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; Design process; Development driver; Information flow; Product family; Product platform

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; DATA STRUCTURES; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT DRIVER; INFORMATION FLOW; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCT PLATFORM;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING;

EID: 34250654135     PISSN: 1063293X     EISSN: 15312003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063293X07079326     Document Type: Article

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