A product dissection-based methodology to benchmark product family design alternatives

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0410021-0410029

  Thevenot, Henri J ^a   Simpson, Timothy W ^b  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Commonality and variety; Product family

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMMONALITY AND VARIETY; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; PLAT-FORM BASED PRODUCTS; PLATFORM DESIGN STRATEGY; PRODUCT DISSECTION; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN; PRODUCT PLATFORM DESIGN; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; PRODUCTION COST;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 77955198253     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3086789     Document Type: Article

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