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HP product variety management / Gad Allon, Jan Van Mieghem & Ilya Kolesov.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473970175 (ebook) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.5 23
Online resources: HP sells configure-to-order products. With millions of part combinations going into an order, the challenge is deciding which parts to keep in the portfolio to balance costs with revenues. The case explains how one would approach this problem before product introduction, but focuses on managing the existing portfolio.
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Originally Published in: Allon, G., Van Mieghem, J., & Kolesov, I. (2010). HP Product Variety Management (case revised 14/03/2011). 5-310-511. Evanston, IL: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

HP sells configure-to-order products. With millions of part combinations going into an order, the challenge is deciding which parts to keep in the portfolio to balance costs with revenues. The case explains how one would approach this problem before product introduction, but focuses on managing the existing portfolio.

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