Bilevel joint optimisation for product family architecting considering make-or-buy decisions

• Published in: International journal of production research Vol. 55; no. 20; pp. 5916 - 5941
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaojie, Du, Gang, Jiao, Roger J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis 18.10.2017; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Assembly; bilevel programming; Buy or make decisions; Customization; Decision making; Game theory; Genetic algorithms; joint optimisation; make-or-buy decisions; Modules; Optimization; Outsourcing; product family architecting; Production planning; Stackelberg game; Suppliers; Supply chains

Product family architecting (PFA) aims at identification of common modules and selective modules to enable product family configuration for mass customisation. Due to nowadays manufacturers moving more towards assembly-to-order production throughout a distributed supply chain, the common practice of...