Overview of GBOM formation for product configuration through data mining in mass customization’s product family architecture

Abstract

Mass customisation deals with the production of variants of a particular product according to customers
desires and requirements. These variants together constitute the product family and are represented by product family
architecture. As the number of product variants increase, the recording of product data and product structure becomes a
problem for two existing production/ inventory control information system. To resolve this problem, use of GBOM is
made. The paper gives an overview of the process of preparing a GBOM with the help of data mining approach.