When we think of becoming Lean, in many ways, the ultimate process strategy to accomplish this is what is known as “Mass Customization”. This refers to production in batch sizes of one to meet ...

As the day passes, customers continue to value their uniqueness. It, then, becomes even more crucial to design products to meet the unique needs of every individual. As the development of technology, ...

While the era of mass customization started ten years ago, momentum has reached a critical tipping point: many web-based customization start-ups have been founded in the past year that let you design ...

Mass customization is the idea that you can use the economics of mass production yet deliver just one unit. Michael Dell was the Henry Ford of this concept. You call, describe exactly what features ...

The growing demand for customization in quick-service can be attributed to consumer insistence on a “me society” and operators’ intense battle for food-share. Customization in fast food began with the ...

Rules-based modular customization systems like Nike's NIKEiD -- which helped create these Magista football boots -- have allowed consumers to enhance both the personal style and function of what would ...

The term "mass customization" sounds like an oxymoron: mass production on the one hand vs. products tailor-made for individual tastes on the other. This conflict is telling--mass customization is very ...

(Sidebar to "Here's the Menu - How Do You Want Yours?" from the February 2007 issue of Automation World) The first use of the term “mass customizing” is generally credited to Stanley M. Davis in his ...

Interfaces are a vital component of modularization. But do machine builders have to adhere to specific standards? One of the most significant challenges manufacturers face is: How do I serve the very ...