: Today, industry is confronted with a fast changing market. Customers demand a high-quality, low price and tailored product. This requires flexible manufacturing systems. At K.U. ...
Paul Verstraete, Paul Valckenaers, Bart Saint Germ...
: This paper presents a systematic approach based on the axiomatic design theory to assess the inherent flexibility of the product family to generate the product variants for custo...
: We consider a new type of value chain that includes both production and service capabilities for existing product lines and that incorporates new product and service development....
A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is designed for rapid adjustment of production capacity and functionality in response to new market conditions and new process technolo...
: Product quality receives much attention but means different things to different people depending on their involvement with a product. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with its ...