If your buyers want custom, built-to-order products, but you need to make and sell enough at a low price to compete with mass production, mass customization is your middle ground. As customers get ...

producing a customized product on demand for a specific, named customer after receipt of an actual order, and, producing it with the same efficiency as one would expect from a mass-produced product.

A key challenge facing automotive and industrial equipment manufacturers is keeping pace with growing demand for customized, digital products and services. Combining a range of today’s new ...

From the shoes on your feet to your daily dose of caffeine, many consumer and retail companies are giving people the opportunity to add a flair of customization to the products they buy, generating ...

Customized parts printed on HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer. The triumph of product standardization, a core principle of mass production, was manufacturing’s man-on-the-moon moment. As essential to ...

Companies have quietly hyped up customization, and consumers have gotten used to services tailored to their specific needs. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen ...

Customized and personalized products are becoming popular as companies gain more access to consumer data. Here is what your ...

Over a month ago, at FIT’s fashion merchandising management (now fashion business management) program’s Annual Alumni event, all I heard from the keynote speaker and the attendants — professors and ...

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 ...

John Hoke, head designer at Nike, gives a candid interview about where footwear is going next. 9 Ways 3-D Printing Makes The World Better At last, the oh-cool at-home manufacturing toy turns into an ...