TY - BOOK AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Mass Customization: Challenges and Solutions T2 - International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, SN - 9780387322247 AV - HD28-70 U1 - 658.5 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Springer US KW - Economics KW - Industrial engineering KW - Engineering economy KW - Marketing KW - Business logistics KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Production/Logistics KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory KW - Industrial and Production Engineering KW - Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing KW - Business/Management Science, general N1 - 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; ZDB-2-SBE N2 - Mass Customization: Challenges and Solutions defines the parameters of the emerging business strategy, mass customization. The book will cover the main categories of the area with a systematic examination of the following themes: manufacturing systems and mass customization, supply chain management and mass customization, and information systems and mass customization. In addition to being tightly organized by themes and a carefully selected group of contributors, the Editors will write introductory material to the sections along with introductory and concluding chapters. The result is a book that provides the field with the conceptual framework of mass customization, its tools, its solutions, and real-world examples of successful implementations of the business strategy. An important book for academics working in production operations, production manufacturing, industrial engineering, logistics, supply chain management, and industry practitioners UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32224-8 ER -