Product family design and platform-based product development: A state-of-the-art review

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-29

  Jiao, Jianxin ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^b   Siddique, Zahed ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonality; Configuration; Customization; Product architecture; Product family; Product platform; Variety modularity

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMMONALITY; CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT FAMILY; VARIETY MODULARITY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547236488     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-007-0003-2     Document Type: Article

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