Technology Selection: Product Configuration Systems


March 28, 2012
14 Pages - SKU: IDC3823959
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This IDC Manufacturing Insights report analyzes the product configuration concept and its applicability to the changing needs of manufacturers that are seeking to save costs yet foster innovation within and beyond their four walls, including product design and sales and support activities.

"Reuse of complex multidisciplinary technical and business product data is required not only by one-off product manufacturers but by mass production manufacturers that are challenged to reduce the time to market of new innovative products," according to Sanjeev Pal, research manager, Product, Project, and Portfolio Management.




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