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Roy, Rajat, Evans, R., Lowe, M. J. and Williams, D. K. (2011) Addressing the impact of high levels of product variety on complexity in design and manufacture. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol.225 (No.10). pp. 1939-1950. doi:10.1177/0954405411407670 ISSN 0954-4054.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954405411407670
Abstract
Management of complexity arising from high levels of product variety is a critical problem in the automotive and other industries. In the premium vehicle sector, this is particularly important with customer expectation of personalized products. The levels of resultant complexity in business operations, from product development to supply, lead to erosion in profitability and/or a higher price for the consumer. An integrated framework to analyse variety, complexity, and its associated costs to guide product development decisions is not well developed. This paper presents a high-level design for variety framework to inform decisions on variety and complexity, underpinned by cost and revenue analysis. The work potentially has much wider application than just in the premium vehicle sector.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0954-4054 | ||||
| Official Date: | 9 November 2011 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.225 | ||||
| Number: | No.10 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1939-1950 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0954405411407670 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Advantage West Midlands (AWM) | ||||
| Grant number: | BG/BE3191 (AWM) |
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