Mass Customization: A Supply Chain Approach

✍ Scribed by Charu Chandra, Ali Kamrani (auth.)

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 268
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Managing Logistics for Mass Customization: The New Production Frontier....Pages 3-19
Categorization of Mass Customziation Research....Pages 21-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Mass Customization: Framework and Methodologies....Pages 63-88
Logistics and Supply Chain Management for Mass Customization....Pages 89-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
A Decomposition Methodology for Uncoupled Modular Product Design....Pages 123-145
Integrated Product Design and Development in Collaborative Environment....Pages 147-168
Collaborative Manufacturing for Mass Customization....Pages 169-189
Simulation Modeling Using Agents For Mass Customization....Pages 191-209
Knowledge Management for Consumer-Focused Product Design....Pages 211-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Future Direction on Mass Customization Research and Practices: A Research Agenda....Pages 237-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-262

✦ Subjects

Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Mechanical Engineering; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Operation Research/Decision Theory; Innovation/Technology Management

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