Abstract: While many studies have characterized the costs of product variety in assembly production, there is little research detailing the sources and costs of increased product variety on a nonassembled (fabrication) production ...

Abstract: Nonassembled products, which are produced from a raw material and post-processed to a final form without any assembly steps, form a large and potentially growing share of the manufacturing sector. However, the design for ...

Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) is increasingly of interest for commercial and military applications due to its potential to create novel geometries with increased performance. For additive manufacturing to find commercial ...