The field of product configuration and optimisation in supply chain design has emerged as a vital area bridging engineering innovation and business strategy. Modern manufacturing increasingly demands ...

Product configuration systems (PCSs) are sophisticated IT frameworks that enable companies to manage product customisation and complexity by structuring and controlling the vast variability inherent ...

Today’s manufacturers must be able to respond quickly to limit the impact of supply chain changes on customers, and ensure timely communication of any impacts with clear alternatives. By pre-planning ...

In August Storck KG v Alfa Intuit Food Productions Ltd, the Israeli Supreme Court has held that the product configuration of Toffifee sweets (a chocolate sweet shaped like a ball cut into halves) was ...