Improving product configurability in ETO companies

Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

Volumn 3, Issue DS87-3, 2017, Pages 221-230

  Markworth Johnsen, Sara Helene ^a   Kristjansdottir, Katrin ^a   Hvam, Lars ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Platform strategies; Product families; Product modelling models; Requirements

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS; PLATFORM STRATEGY; PRODUCT FAMILIES; PRODUCT MODELLING; PRODUCT MODULARIZATION; REQUIREMENTS; STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES; STRUCTURED APPROACH;

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 85029811244     PISSN: 22204334     EISSN: 22204342     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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