The design structure matrix (DSM), also called the dependency structure matrix, has become
a widely used modeling framework across many areas of research and practice. The DSM …

Product configuration systems (PCSs) have been successful applications of artificial
intelligence principles in engineer-to-order (ETO) companies in recent decades. Such …

In nowadays industrial competition, optimizing concurrently the configured product and the
planning of its production process becomes a key issue in order to achieve mass …

Configuration lifecycle management (CLM) encompasses all configuration models across a
product's life cycle. CLM covers manufacturers' needs for complex configurable products …

In mass customisation, defining concurrently the configured product and the planning of the
associated production process is a key issue in the customer/supplier relationship …

In the past, the process capability index (PCI) was the only method used in on-line quality
management. Recently however, attempts have been made to extend the on-line application …

In the mass customization environment, product platform development includes several
aspects. One relates to the extent to which products are customized. Usually, a high level of …

An important role in product variety management is finding an accurate variety extent to
which the product matches the consumer's expectations. In principle, customers prefer to …

Product configuration systems are an emerging technology that supports companies in
deploying mass customization strategies. Such strategies need to cover the management of …

This article proposes a model and rules dealing with the management of the interaction
between system design processes and project planning ones. An industrial benchmark …