MANAGING PRODUCT VARIABILITY BY VIRTUAL PRODUCTS

Authors
OLSEN KA SAETRE P
Citation
Ka. Olsen et P. Saetre, MANAGING PRODUCT VARIABILITY BY VIRTUAL PRODUCTS, International Journal of Production Research, 35(8), 1997, pp. 2093-2107
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
International Journal of Production Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207543
Volume
35
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2093 - 2107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7543(1997)35:8<2093:MPVBVP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A new paradigm for customer-oriented production is presented. A comple te specification of a product variant is described as a virtual produc t, a bill of material represented as a data object. This object may be used as a basis for production management. A tool for creating, modif ying and processing virtual products is presented, based on a generic product structure. This tool may act as a means to facilitate handling of individual customer-specified products in a serial-oriented produc tion environment.