Application support to product variety management

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 817-836

  Forza, C ^a   Salvador, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Customer relationship management; Mass customization; Product configuration; Product data management; Product variety management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT VARIETY MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36248955411     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600818278     Document Type: Article

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