The research objective is to find solutions for how companies manufacturing physical products are able to increase profitability and efficiency with products using variability and commonality. The focus of this research ...
Product development and innovations play an essential role in enabling enterprises to be continually competitive and profitable. However, even though numerous processes and methodologies have been developed for creating ...
Partly due to the increase in global competition, the nature of manufacturing paradigms in Europe has been undergoing continuous change in recent decades. Pressures from the market are forcing companies to evolve into new ...
This study focused on assessing and improving production systems of Finnish mechanical engineering companies producing order-specific products and using make-to-order (MTO) or assemble-to-order (ATO) approach. These companies ...