Mass Customized Manufacturing

Author : Hans Kull
Publisher : Apress
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484210079

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Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to take the plunge, the author describes the proven methods and latest technologies for making mass customization work seamlessly and profitably on the factory floor. Mass customization—the automated manufacturing bespoke products, profitably combining the low unit costs of mass production with the flexibility of building custom products to order—has been touted as the next big thing for more than a quarter of a century. Until recently, however, mass customization made only modest inroads in a few industries. Now, the convergence of new ICT and manufacturing technologies with traditional CNC technologies means that mass customization’s moment has arrived for breaking out into a wide range of industries. Hans Kull is an engineer and mathematician who applies his expertise in combinatorial optimization, programming, and engineering to devising end-to-end automated solutions for mass customization, automating and optimizing all processes—from bespoke parts supply, order processing, production, and waste minimization to packing and delivery. He shares with his readers practical lessons for making mass customization succeed, case studies from various industries, and an insider’s vision of the business implications of mass customization’s coming of age.

Author : Vladimir Modrak
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781315398969

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This book brings several original contributions to research and practical applications in the field of mass customization from the designer, manufacturer, and customer perspectives respectively. It presents advancements in product design for mass customization, design of assembly and supply chain processes, variety induced complexity models, complexity management, marketing tools, information systems to support decision-making, and critical success factors of this manufacturing and marketing strategy.. A special focus of interest is also on the use of product configurators in practice and sustainability assessment for mass customization strategy. The aim is to disseminate current developments and approaches for further theoretical investigation and practical applications of mass customized manufacturing systems.

Author : David M. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business logistics
ISBN : 1878072307

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Build-to-order & Mass Customization by David M. Anderson Pdf

Author : Paolo Coletti,Thomas Aichner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642183904

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Mass Customization by Paolo Coletti,Thomas Aichner Pdf

Mass Customization excites both Researchers and Practitioners because of the possibility to produce customized products with mass production efficiency. Mass Customization - An Exploration of European Characteristics gives an overview on the need for personalisation from a customer perspective, analyses Mass Customization theories and assesses relevant best practices of European and International markets. The results of a survey among more than 500 European customers show a declining willingness of customers to compromise on the issue of suitability of products to their personal needs and preferences, the possibility for companies to break brand loyalty and the influence of immediate availability, delivery time and price to the customer's willingness to take part in the co-creation process. Mass Customization has become important to business because of the difficulties of customers to find what they want despite an increase in product variety for many products over the past decades. The emergence of modern technologies in production and communication, however, allows companies to produce customized products without relinquishing economies of scale. With only few companies having taken this promising path, the authors believe that Mass Customization and Mass Customization related marketing strategies will play an essential role in the future and prompt both market leaders and their competitors to offer customization on a large scale for a vast variety of products.

Author : Charu Chandra,Ali K. Kamrani
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781441990150

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Mass Customization by Charu Chandra,Ali K. Kamrani Pdf

Mass Customization: A Supply Chain Approach is a text on the emerging topic of mass customization in manufacturing. The contributed chapters in this book provide a unified treatment to the topic by offering coverage in four main categories - concepts and current state of research; problem solving frameworks, models, and methodologies; supportive techniques and technologies for enabling mass customization; and future research agenda. The book blends theory and practice and includes prototypical applications to illustrate this complex, yet emerging field of inquiry.

Author : David J. Gardner
Publisher : Happy about
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1600051464

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Mass Customization by David J. Gardner Pdf

Gardner explains how to bring a company into alignment with mass customization (also known as build to order, assemble to order, configure to order, make to order, and engineer to order). He also reviews why mass customization must be viewed as an enterprise-wide business strategy, not merely a departmental initiative.

Author : Blecker, Thorsten,Friedrich, Gerhard
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599040417

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Mass Customization Information Systems in Business by Blecker, Thorsten,Friedrich, Gerhard Pdf

"This book describes original, innovative works on IT systems for mass customization, and provides a multitude of solutions, tools, concepts and successful realizations of IT systems for mass customization. It discusses state-of-the-art mass customization while depicting the importance of IT in making the strategy function efficiently in order to support the business processes required for manufacturing individualized products"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Thorsten Blecker,Gerhard Friedrich
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387322247

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Mass Customization by Thorsten Blecker,Gerhard Friedrich Pdf

This book defines the parameters of the emerging business strategy of mass customization, covering the main categories in a systematic examination of: manufacturing systems and mass customization; supply chain management and mass customization; and information systems and mass customization. The book provides a conceptual framework for mass customization, its tools, its solutions, and real-world examples of successful implementations of the business strategy.

Author : Claudio R. Boër,Paolo Pedrazzoli,Andrea Bettoni,Marzio Sorlini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447151166

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Mass Customization and Sustainability by Claudio R. Boër,Paolo Pedrazzoli,Andrea Bettoni,Marzio Sorlini Pdf

To adapt to global competitive pressures, manufacturers must develop methods and enabling technologies towards a personalized, customer oriented and sustainable manufacturing. Mass Customization and Sustainability defines the two concepts of mass customization and sustainability and introduces a framework to establish a link between the two concepts to answer the questions: Are these two aspects empowering one another? Or are they hindering one another? These questions investigate mass customization as one of the main driving forces to achieve effective sustainability. A methodology to assess the contribution of mass customization to sustainability is developed, providing an assessment model composed by a set of indicators covering the three aspects of sustainability: social, economical and environmental. This is supported and further explained using ideas and new concepts compiled from recent European research. Researchers, scientists, managers and industry professionals alike can follow a set of practical examples and industrial cases, enabling them to easily transfer Mass Customization and Sustainability theoretical concepts into actions to be enforced into their everyday business for gaining competitiveness. Mass Customization and Sustainability also introduces useful concepts for government officials responsible for establishing sustainable policies and regulations, offering methods to compare the results of implementation of such policies.

Author : Thorsten Blecker,Gerhard Friedrich,Bernd Kaluza,Nizar Abdelkafi,Gerold Kreutler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387233482

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Information and Management Systems for Product Customization by Thorsten Blecker,Gerhard Friedrich,Bernd Kaluza,Nizar Abdelkafi,Gerold Kreutler Pdf

In today's competitive environment, manufacturing and service companies are intensifying their customization processes. Customization means companies must meet the challenge of providing individualized products and services, without introducing high costs. Therefore, companies must address both customization and cost factors to gain a competitive advantage. While product customization is the manufacturing of products according to individual customer needs, it does not involve any focus on the cost perspective. Information and Management Systems for Product Customization will concentrate on both product customization and costs' efficiency, which is termed as mass customization. Moreover, mass customization with its multi-dimensions is the new business paradigm challenging today's manufacturing companies.

Author : Mitchell,Frank T. Piller
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814280259

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Research in Mass Customization and Personalization by Mitchell,Frank T. Piller Pdf

A growing heterogeneity of demand, the advent of ';long tail markets';, exploding product complexities, and the rise of creative consumers are challenging companies in all industries to find new strategies to address these trends. Mass customization (MC) has emerged in the last decade as the premier strategy for companies in all branches of industry to profit from heterogeneity of demand and a broad scope of other customer demands.The research and practical experience collected in this book presents the latest thinking on how to make mass customization work. More than 50 authors from academia and management debate on what is viable now, what did not work in the past, and what lurks just below the radar in mass customization, personalization, and related fields.Edited by two leading authorities in the field of mass customization, both volumes of the book discuss, among many other themes, the latest research and insights on customization strategies, product design for mass customization, virtual models, co-design toolkits, customization value measurement, open source architecture, customization communities, and MC supply chains. Through a number of detailed case studies, prominent examples of mass customization are explained and evaluated in larger context and perspective.

Author : Jocelyn Bellemare,Serge Carrier,Kjeld Nielsen,Frank T. Piller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319290584

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Managing Complexity by Jocelyn Bellemare,Serge Carrier,Kjeld Nielsen,Frank T. Piller Pdf

This proceedings volume presents the latest research from the worldwide mass customization, personalization and co-creation (MCPC) community bringing together new thoughts and results from various disciplines within the field. The chapters are based on papers from The MCPC 2015 Conference where the emphasis was placed on “managing complexity.” MCPC is now beginning to emerge in many industries as a profitable business model. But customization and personalization go far beyond the sheer individualization of products and become an extension of current business models and production styles. This book covers topics such as complexity management of knowledge-based systems in manufacturing design and production, sustainable mass customization, choice navigation, and product modeling. The chapters are contributed by a wide range of specialists, offering cutting-edge research, as well as insightful advances in industrial practice in key areas. The MCPC 2015 Conference had a strong focus on real life MCPC applications, and this proceedings volume reflects this. MCPC strategies aim to profit from the fact that people are different. Their objective is to turn customer heterogeneities into profit opportunities, hence addressing the current trend of long tail business models. Mass customization means to provide goods and services that best serve individual customers’ personal needs with near mass production efficiency. This book brings together the latest from MCPC thought leaders, entrepreneurs, technology developers, and researchers that use these strategies in practice.

Author : Flavio S. Fogliatto,Giovani J.C. da Silveira
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781849964890

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Mass Customization by Flavio S. Fogliatto,Giovani J.C. da Silveira Pdf

Mass customization (MC) has been hailed as a successful operations strategy across manufacturing and service industries for the past three decades. However, the wider implications of using MC approaches in the broader industrial and economic environment are not yet clearly understood. Mass Customization: Engineering and Managing Global Operations presents emerging research on the role of MC and personalization in today’s international operations context. The chapters cover MC in the context of global industrial economics and operations. Moreover, the book discusses MC topics that are relevant to the manufacturing and service sectors, such as: • product platforms; • learning curve modeling; • additive manufacturing; and • service customization. Case studies in manufacturing (e.g., apparel and transportation) and services (e.g., banking and virtual worlds) are also included. Mass Customization: Engineering and Managing Global Operations is a valuable text for mass customization researchers and practitioners. Researchers will find a selection of chapters prepared by internationally renowned authors, comprising most of their recent research in MC. Engineering professionals will be drawn by the vivid discussion of operational aspects and methods of MC, as well as by the selection of cases illustrating their practical application.

Author : Nizar Abdelkafi
Publisher : Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co KG
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business logistics
ISBN : 3503110224

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Variety Induced Complexity in Mass Customization by Nizar Abdelkafi Pdf

Author : Claus Rautenstrauch,Ralph Seelmann-Eggebert,Klaus Turowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3540436111

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Moving into Mass Customization by Claus Rautenstrauch,Ralph Seelmann-Eggebert,Klaus Turowski Pdf

Mass Customization leads the strategy of today`s well succeeded companies. It indulges the customer with the so long yearned for product and/or service that exactly fits his desires and specifications. This book compiles a hand-selected variety of testimonies from Mass Customization experts worldwide with different experiences both on an academic research basis as well as on practical case studies. This diversity makes it a compulsory guide to use in any enterprise throughout the world that wants to take its business into new and more ambitious dimensions. Furthermore, its contents are structured in a way that will help everyone that wants to learn, teach or put into practice the concepts of Mass Customization.