Towards product customization: An integrated order fulfillment system

Computers in Industry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-222

  Zhang, Linda L ^a   Lee, Carman K M ^b   Xu, Qianli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Configure to order; Order fulfillment process; Product configuration; Product customization

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTS; LOW COSTS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; ORDER FULFILLMENT; ORDER FULFILLMENT PROCESS; ORDER PROCESSING; PROCESS PLAN; PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION; REAL-TIME DATA; STRATEGIC LEVEL;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

MARKETING;

EID: 75949106131     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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