Managing product variety through component commonality: concept and application

A.H.M. Shamsuzzoha and Petri T. Helo

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2009, vol. 7, issue 2, 183-199

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ASDN; agile networks; supply and demand networks; component commonality; customised products; DSM; design structure matrix; enterprise development; mass customisation; product variety; agility; variety management; production planning; truck manufacturing; product mix; product families; component clusters; component modules. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=25949 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijmede:v:7:y:2009:i:2:p:183-199

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().