Engineering product design optimization for retail channel acceptance

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 0614021-06140210

  Williams, N ^a   Azarm, S ^b   Kannan, P K ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SALES;

CONSUMERS' PREFERENCES; DESIGN DECISIONS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING PRODUCT DESIGN; MARKETING CHANNELS; POWER; PRODUCT DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; RECENT RESEARCHES; RETAIL CHANNEL; WAL MART;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 67650757990     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2898874     Document Type: Article

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