| Article ID: | iaor199084 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Start Page Number: | 90 |
| End Page Number: | 107 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1986 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Mather Hal F. |
Rapidly accelerating changes in the manufacturing world continue to necessitate increased integration of how a product performs a function at a cost, how a product is defined, and how many of which variant a customer wants-and when.