Mass Customization A Supply Chain Approach [Paperback]

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.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.List of figures.- List of Tables.- Contributors.- Concepts and state-of-research in mass customization.- Managing logistics for mass customization: the new production frontier.- Categorization of mass customization research.- Problem solving frameworks, models and methodologies.- Mass customization: framework and methodologies.- Logistics and supply chain management for mass customization.- Supportive techniques and technologies for enabling mass customization.- A decomposition methodology for uncoupled modular product design.- Integrated product design and development in collaborative environment.- Collaborative manufacturing for mass customization.- Simulation modeling using agents for mass customization.- Knowledge management for consumer-focused product design.- Future research agenda.- lӥ