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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Section 1: concepts and state of research in mass Customization. - Managing Logistics for Mass Customization: The New Production Frontier. - Categorization of Mass Customziation Research. - Section 2: Problem Solving Frameworks, Models, And Memooologies. - Mass Customization: Framework and memodowgies. - Wgistics and Supply Chain Management for Mass Customization. - Section 3: Supportive Techniques and Technologies for Enabling Mass customization. - A Decomposition methodology for uncoupled Modular produce design. - Integrated Produce Design and Development in Collaborative environment. - Collaborative Manufacturing for Mass Customization. - Simulation Modeling Using Agents for Mass Customization. - Knowledge Management for Consumer-Focused Produce Design. - Section 4: Future Research Agenda. - Future Direction on Mass Customization Research and Practices: A Research Agenda.