Improving decision making in the early phases of configuration projects

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Mortensen, Niels Henrik ^a   Harlou, Ulf ^a   Haug, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Early phases; Modeling; Product configuration; Product variety; Visualization

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; MODELS; SALES;

CONFIGURATION SYSTEM; DECISIONS MAKINGS; EARLY PHASES; FORMAL DESCRIPTION; OPERATIONAL METHODS; PRODUCT ASSORTMENT; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCT VARIETY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77949299510     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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