The need for function platforms in engineer to order industries

DS 58-3: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-60

  Alblas, Alex ^a   Wortmann, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design reuse; Engineer to order; Product model; Product platform

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; DESIGN REUSE; ENGINEER TO ORDERS; ENGINEER-TO-ORDER; ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL MODULES; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; PHYSICAL PRODUCTS; PLATFORM CONCEPT; PLATFORM MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT MODELS; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; STANDARDIZED INTERFACES;

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRY;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84859247010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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