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Technical Product Modelling

In: Product Information Management for Mass Customization

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  • Cipriano Forza
  • Fabrizio Salvador

Abstract

The description, from the technical point of view, of each product variant is a distinctive function of configuration systems. The performance of this key function requires, on the part of the company, the elaboration of a large amount of technical information. Consequently, the knowledge required to process such technical information has to be captured within appropriate logical structures. The present chapter: summarizes the main difficulties associated with the organization of technical information, in the case of configurable products; explains the ‘traditional’ approaches used to describe product variants from the technical point of view, illustrating their limitations; discusses the concept of a generic bill of materials, i.e. the logical structure that generally implements the technical model; supplies guidelines for designing generic bills of materials.

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  • Cipriano Forza & Fabrizio Salvador, 2006. "Technical Product Modelling," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Product Information Management for Mass Customization, chapter 6, pages 86-110, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-80092-2_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230800922_6
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