Sales configurator capabilities to avoid the product variety paradox: Construct development and validation

Computers in Industry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-447

  Trentin, Alessio ^a   Perin, Elisa ^a   Forza, Cipriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mass customization; Measurement development; Product configuration; Software capabilities

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING TOOLS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; SOFTWARE CAPABILITY;

ARCHITECTURAL ACOUSTICS; INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENT TESTING;

SALES;

EID: 84876062312     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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