Complexity and variety in mass customization systems: analysis and recommendations

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  2006

• Venue

  Management Decision

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Engineering, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1108/00251740610680596
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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