... in a customization environment. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Product customization Product design E-commerce Time perception E-commerce accounted for 20% of total retail spending worldwide in 2021 and is expanding rapidly...

...Dr Xiaojun Wang, Professor Leroy White and Professor Xu Chen; Hamid Afshari; Qingjin Peng Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify external and internal uncertainties in product design process. The research addresses the measure of product future changes. Design/methodology/approach...

...Antonio C. Caputo; Pacifico M. Pelagagge Purpose The paper's aim is to assess the impact of product related features on the performances of assembly line manufacturing systems, also providing a specific Design for Manufacturing and Assembly rating index to assess the goodness of a product design...

...Antonio K.W. Lau; Richard C.M. Yam; Esther P.Y. Tang Purpose This paper aims to examine how an organization can achieve higher performance through integrating supply chain product co‐development (SCPC) and modular product design. Design/methodology/approach Based on a comprehensive review...

...Ching‐Jen Huang; Amy J.C. Trappey; Yin‐Ho Yao Purpose The purpose of this research is to develop a prototype of agent‐based intelligent workflow system for product design collaboration in a distributed network environment. Design/methodology/approach This research separates the collaborative...

...Gus Desbarats Historically, a product was perceived as a “static manifestation of image with fixed attributes”. Today, advanced product design thinking is more likely to see it as a “company representative delivering service over time”. Explores this shift and demonstrates how contemporary practice...