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Mass customization : a supply chain approach
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New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004
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9780306485053
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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

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
Future direction on mass customization research and practices: a research agenda
Index