Amalgamation of mass customisation and agile manufacturing concepts: The theory and implementation study in an electronics switches manufacturing company

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2141-2164

  Vinodh, S ^a   Sundararaj, G ^b   Devadasan, S R ^b   Kuttalingam, D ^b   Rajanayagam, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Salzer Electronics Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Computer aided design; Information technology; Mass customisation; Product design; Product development

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING; CUSTOMISATION; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MASS CUSTOMISATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ROADMAP; TIME COMPRESSION;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANUFACTURE; METALS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 77951110775     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802456257     Document Type: Article

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