Making product customization profitable

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-35

  Mortensen, Niels Henrik ^a   Hvam, Lars ^a   Haug, Anders ^b   Boelskifte, Per ^a   Lindschou, Christian ^a   Frobenius, Simon ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Architecture; Platform; Product development; Product family design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PLATFORM; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT ASSORTMENT; PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; WORK PROCESS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 77749341100     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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