Observed benefits from product configuration systems

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 329-338

  Hvam, Lars ^a   Haug, Anders ^b   Mortensen, Niels Henrik ^a   Thuesen, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Com plexity management; Engineering processes; Mass Customization; Performance measurement; Product configuration

Indexed keywords

SPECIFICATIONS;

ENGINEERING PROCESS; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SPECIFICATION PROCESS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84887219732     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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