A Theory and Method for Combining Multiple Approaches for Product Customization
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چکیده
Product design techniques that support mass customization include product platform design, computer-aided parametric design and modular design, among others. Unfortunately, no rigorous method has appeared until now to help designers combine these approaches systematically and maximize the quality and economic benefits of component commonality, particularly for very large number of product variants. In this paper we describe one method that addresses these issues, based on the formulation of the product design of customizable products as a problem of access in a geometric space. The method is illustrated with a case study, namely, the design of a line of customizable hand exercisers. 1 Corresponding Author 2 Drs. Farrokh Mistree and Janet K. Allen gratefully acknowledge NSF Grant DMI-0085136.
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