Modular design of product families for quality and cost

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1648-1667

  Agard, Bruno ^a,b   Bassetto, Samuel ^b  

^a INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

assembly; design for cost; design for quality; modularity; optimisation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT PROBLEMS; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; MODULAR DESIGNS; MODULARITY; MODULE DESIGN; NEW PRODUCT; OPTIMISATIONS; PRODUCT MODULE; PRODUCT STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; COSTS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84871324831     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.693963     Document Type: Article

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