Mass Customization Engineering and Managing Global Operations /

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 Customiza...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fogliatto, Flavio S. (Editor), da Silveira, Giovani J. C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
Series:Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Designing and Planning for Mass Customization in a Large Scale Global Production System
  • 2. Process Typology of Mass Customizers
  • 3. Service Customization Through Dramaturgy
  • 4. NPD-SCM Alignment in Mass Customization
  • 5. Managing Technological Innovations Affecting Product Complexity, Modularity and Supply Chain Structure
  • 6. The Platform Formation Problem
  • 7. Shape Commonalization to Develop Common Platforms for Mass Customization
  • 8. A Platform Identification Method for Service Family Design using a Process Model and a Clustering Method
  • 9. A STEP-Compliant Online Product Digital Library for Customized Products
  • 10. Production Planning and Control for Mass Customization
  • 11. Designing and Planning of Material Handling Systems for Mass Customization
  • 12. Design for Changeover (DFC): Enabling Flexible and Highly Responsive Manufacturing
  • 13. Additive Manufacturing for Mass Customization
  • 14. Selecting Relevant Clustering Variables in Mass Customization Scenarios Characterized by Workers’ Learning
  • 15. Re-examining Postponement Benefits: An Integrated Production-inventory and Marketing Perspective
  • 16. User Participation Within Virtual Worlds
  • 17. Contrasting Opportunities for Mass Customization in Food Manufacture and Food Processes.