Does component sharing help or hurt reliability? An empirical study in the automotive industry

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 922-938

  Ramdas, Kamalini ^a   Randall, Taylor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits of specific design; Component sharing; Empirical study; Quality

Indexed keywords

BENEFITS OF SPECIFIC DESIGN; COMPONENT RELIABILITIES; COMPONENT SHARING; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; EMPIRICAL STUDY; END-USER FEEDBACKS; LEARNING CURVES; LITTLE RESEARCHES; LOW COSTS; MEAN TIME TO FAILURES; MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; ONE DIMENSIONS; PRODUCT LINES; PRODUCT QUALITIES; QUALITY; QUALITY RELIABILITIES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DESIGN;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 61849181361     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0791     Document Type: Article

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