Product variety management

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 629-652

  ElMaraghy, H ^a   Schuh, G ^b   Elmaraghy, W ^a   Piller, F ^b   Schonsleben P ^c   Tseng, M ^d   Bernard, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Design; Manufacturing; Variety

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVING IT; CO-DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ECONOMY OF SCALE; PRE-REQUISITES; PRODUCT VARIETY; VARIETY;

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84883254110     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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