Evaluation and comparison of two design for assembly methods: Subjectivity of information inputs

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages 721-731

  Owensby, Eric ^a   Shanthakumar, Aravind ^a   Rayate, Vikrant ^a   Namouz, Essam ^a   Summers, Joshua D ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Design for assembly; DFA; Information subjectivity

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; ASSEMBLY COSTS; ASSEMBLY TIME; BENCH MARKS; BOOTHROYD DEWHURST; COMPARISON STUDY; DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLIES; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DFA; DFA METHOD; INFORMATION SUBJECTIVITY; SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; MANUFACTURE;

DESIGN;

EID: 84863598921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2011-47530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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