Abstract Unlike most of the available configuration solutions, the integrated sales, product and production configuration is proposed to help companies realize product customization from a holistic view. It achieves this by determining the functional features (i.e., sales configuration), possible product alternatives (i.e., product configuration), and production process alternatives (i.e., production configuration). With the presence of multiple alternatives, it is necessary to determine final products and production processes based on the evaluation. This study, thus, evaluates the product alternatives and production process alternatives, which are configured in the integrated configuration. In line with the fact that in practice, cost and time are two of the most important elements in quotation preparation, we develop evaluation models to minimize the production costs and completion time. In addition, to provide companies with better decision-making support in selecting product offerings, the proposed configuration evaluation computes the differences in terms of cost and time among all the product and production process alternatives. With the differences in cost and time, companies can opt for suitable selection with respect to time or cost and/or other factors, e.g., strategic objectives. A case application of temperature controllers is utilized to demonstrate the results of the proposed evaluation of the integrated configuration.

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走向定制化：综合销售、产品和生产配置的评估

摘要 与现有的大多数配置解决方案不同，提出销售、产品、生产一体化配置，帮助企业从整体上实现产品定制。它通过确定功能特征（即销售配置）、可能的产品替代方案（即产品配置）和生产过程替代方案（即生产配置）来实现这一点。由于存在多种替代方案，因此需要根据评估确定最终产品和生产过程。因此，本研究评估了在集成配置中配置的产品替代方案和生产工艺替代方案。鉴于在实践中，成本和时间是报价准备中最重要的两个要素，我们开发评估模型以最大限度地减少生产成本和完成时间。此外，为了在选择产品时为公司提供更好的决策支持，建议的配置评估计算了所有产品和生产过程替代方案在成本和时间方面的差异。由于成本和时间的差异，公司可以根据时间或成本和/或其他因素（例如战略目标）选择合适的选择。温度控制器的案例应用被用来证明集成配置的建议评估结果。建议的配置评估计算所有产品和生产过程替代方案在成本和时间方面的差异。由于成本和时间的差异，公司可以根据时间或成本和/或其他因素（例如战略目标）选择合适的选择。温度控制器的案例应用被用来证明集成配置的建议评估结果。建议的配置评估计算所有产品和生产过程替代方案在成本和时间方面的差异。由于成本和时间的差异，公司可以根据时间或成本和/或其他因素（例如战略目标）选择合适的选择。温度控制器的案例应用被用来证明集成配置的建议评估结果。