Journal article
Flexible platform component design under uncertainty
Abstract
Incorporating flexibility into product platforms allows manufacturers to respond to changing market needs with a minimal increase in product family complexity and investment cost. To successfully design a flexible product platform, proper design of flexible platform components is critical. These components can be described as “cousin” parts as they are neither completely unique nor completely common among variants. In this paper, a …
Authors
Suh ES; de Weck O; Kim IY; Chang D
Journal
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 115–126
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
February 2007
DOI
10.1007/s10845-007-0008-x
ISSN
0956-5515