TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing product variety through component commonality
T2 - Concept and application
AU - Shamsuzzoha, A. H.M.
AU - Helo, Petri T.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - In this paper, we have reviewed and analysed different factors and issues for product variety management and their effects on production planning strategies. An example is taken from a truck manufacturing company to demonstrate how component commonality issue influences on developing product-mix within same product family. Agile supply and demand network software is used to investigate the commonality value and its effects on product variety management. We have also applied design structure matrix methodology for better ordering or sequencing of components in order to create clusters or modules which might be useful for making variety.
AB - In this paper, we have reviewed and analysed different factors and issues for product variety management and their effects on production planning strategies. An example is taken from a truck manufacturing company to demonstrate how component commonality issue influences on developing product-mix within same product family. Agile supply and demand network software is used to investigate the commonality value and its effects on product variety management. We have also applied design structure matrix methodology for better ordering or sequencing of components in order to create clusters or modules which might be useful for making variety.
KW - ASDN
KW - Agile supply and demand network
KW - Component commonality
KW - Customised product
KW - DSM
KW - Design structure matrix
KW - Enterprise development
KW - Mass customisation
KW - Product variety
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U2 - 10.1504/IJMED.2009.025949
DO - 10.1504/IJMED.2009.025949
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:66549091322
SN - 1468-4330
VL - 7
SP - 183
EP - 199
JO - International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development
JF - International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development
IS - 2
ER -