摘要 |
A method and apparatus for managing variations in a product (102) structure (112) for a product (102). In one illustrative embodiment, a product (102) management system (100) for managing variations in a product structure (112) for a product comprises a model (114). The model (114) comprises a primary hierarchical organization and a number of optimized product (102) variant structures (151). The primary hierarchical organization (144) comprises a group of domain master objects (128). The number of optimized product (102) variant structures (151) comprises a group of domain configuration objects (130) in which each domain configuration object in the group of domain configuration objects (130) represents a configuration for a component represented by a corresponding domain master object in the group of domain master objects (128). |