Ulrich, Karl; Sartorius, David; Pearson, Scott; … - In: Management Science 39 (1993) 4, pp. 429-447
Design for manufacturing (DFM) has been promoted as a way to enhance product development and production system … product, it also can extend product development lead time, because complex parts typically require tooling with large lead … times. This paper presents an economic model that makes explicit the trade-off between lower unit costs and longer product …