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Springer Mass Customization Challenges And Solutions by Thorsten Blecker , Gerhard Friedrich
This book defines the parameters of the emerging business strategy of mass customization, covering the main categories in a systematic examination of: manufacturing systems and mass customization; supply chain management and mass customization; and information systems and mass customization. The book provides a conceptual framework for mass customization, its tools, its solutions, and real-world examples of successful implementations of the business strategy._x000D_ _x000D_Mass Customization: State-of-the-Art and Challenges.- Personalized Needs Elicitation in Web-based Configuration Systems.- Model-Based Configuration Support For Software Product Families.- Product Modeling on Multiple Abstraction Levels.- Mass Customization: Balancing Customer Desires with Operational Reality.- Design for Changeover (DFC).- Platform Products Development and Supply Chain Configuration: An Integrated Perspective.- Modularity and Delayed Product Differentiation in Assemble-to-Order Systems.- A New Mixed-Model Assembly Line Planning Approach for an Efficient Variety Steering Integration.- Order Fulfillment Models for the Catalog Mode of Mass Customization - A Review.- Customer Service Level in a Lean Inventory under Mass Customization.- HRM Policies for Mass Customization._x000D_