How to identify possible applications of product configuration systems in Engineer-to-Order companies

International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 157-165

  Kristjansdottir, Katrin ^a   Shafiee, Sara ^a   Hvam, Lars ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Applications; Engineering to order (ETO) companies; Product configuration systems (PCS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034046176     PISSN: 22172661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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