Product configuration flow from obtaining customer requirement to providing the final customized product

Journal of Software

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-315

  Qin, Yanhong ^a   Wei, Guangxing ^a  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attribute variable; Customer requirement classification; Modular product family; Product configuration; Product decision tree

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE VARIABLE; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; DECISION TREES (DTS); MODULAR PRODUCTS; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION;

DECISION TREES; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SALES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 84857938450     PISSN: 1796217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jsw.7.2.308-315     Document Type: Article

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