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To face the problems of mass production the configuration of multiple-variant products becomes more and more important. In this paper an approach is presented for improving the configuration process. Therefore the process is split into three stages. The important stage to make configuration services more customer friendly is the Specification Mapping. As a basis for the configuration process a common configuration data model exists which contains functional application-oriented knowledge in addition to conventional technical data. Furthermore vague knowledge is integrated into a product configuration, and finally a short realization guideline is presented.
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Schwarze, S., Schönsleben, P. (1998). Recent developments in the configuration of multiple-variant products: Application orientation and vagueness in customer requirements. In: Okino, N., Tamura, H., Fujii, S. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35304-3_22
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