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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"mass-customization"”.
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Simulation driven mass customization
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.
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Apparel Mass Customization: Exploring Canadian Consumer Attitudes
Apparel mass-customization is a relatively new service and product concept, which engages consumers in co-designing clothing online for a tailored product. This study explores Canadian consumers’ attitudes towards clothing, and assesses the potential for the adoption of this concept in Canada. This …
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COST REDUCTION THROUGH ASSEMBLY POSTPONEMENT IN MASS CUSTOMIZATION
… postponement strategy to reduce costs in mass customization scenarios. Assembly postponement is a technique of delaying the product differentiation point when assembling multiple items from common components at the beginning of the production process. We extend Lee and Tang's (1997) …
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Paradigm shift--from mass production to mass customization
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Achieving mass customization in the Boeing Wire Responsibility Center
… which has the distinction of handling more customization, variability and change than most other areas of the company. This high degree of variation is coupled with large volumes of product - hundreds of units per plane - to produce fertile ground for the study of process improvements …
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Revamping luxury : mass customization applied to the luxury goods market
… luxury goods companies. It also aims to present Mass Customization as one solution to this shift in ideals and as means for companies to form deeper connections with consumers thereby creating a more sustainable competitive advantage. The thesis begins by analyzing the impact of the current …
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Flexible manufacturing equipment design based on a mass customization strategy
… in a cost effective manner. The days of mass producing standardized products for homogeneous markets for long periods of time are quickly fading from memory. Instead, a large variety of products must be produced at the same efficiencies formerly associated with mass production. In an …
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Lean manufacturing in a mass customization plant : inventory correction and shortage measurement
This thesis documents the application of the principles of lean manufacturing and supply chain planning at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates. The company's products are highly customizable, and the production schedules change daily to comply with customer requests. In situations where …
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Lean manufacturing in a mass customization plant : improved efficiencies in raw material presentation
This thesis focuses on the application of the principles of lean manufacturing at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (VSEA). The company faces the challenges of highly customized assembly as well as fluctuating demand, both of which cause lead times that are longer than expected. Value …
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Operational improvement at a mass customization semiconductor equipment manufacturing facility through inventory consolidation
This thesis addresses the operational improvement at Varian Semiconductor Equipment and Associates (Varian), a subsidiary of Applied Materials (AMAT), through material shortage reduction. Varian manufactures highly customized implantation equipment. Sub-assemblies that form an implantation tool are …
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Lean manufacturing in a mass customization plant : improvement of Kanban policy and implementation
This thesis documents the application of the principles of lean manufacturing and supply chain planning at Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates. Varian is a manufacturer of ion implantation machines, and supplies and services equipment for most of the leading semiconductor manufacturers. The …
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Architectural Design 2.0 : An online platform for the mass customization of architectural structures
… will enable them to design and produce their own mass customized architectural structures. Such a change will be achieved by integrating digital fabrication technologies with the massive shift in Internet usage behavior commonly known as Web 2.0. This thesis begins with an historical framework of …
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Bio-Surfaces and Geometric References for a Standardized Biomechanical Design Methodology for Mass Customization
This dissertation presents a method for the design of customizable products that interface with the human body. The method presented involves first, a consistent method of capturing and representing the human model so that the model can be used with CAx tools and solid modeling techniques. Second, …
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A Dynamic Workflow Framework for Mass Customization Using Web Service and Autonomous Agent Technologies
… associated with developing automated systems for mass customization. This paper presents a method for reducing the risk associated with this expense by developing a flexible environment for determining and executing dynamic workflow paths. Strategies for developing an autonomous agent-based …
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Development of novel design methodology for product mass customization based on human attributes and cognitive behaviours
… OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and simple mass production cannot generate good value for these manufacture companies, and they have been seeking new opportunities to create higher value for their products/services and satisfy different needs of customers. Mass customization is one of the …
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An Investigation of the Relationships among Consumer Characteristics, Attitude, and Purchase Intention in Apparel Mass-customization
Mass-customization is a form of consumer-centric business practice, which is a hybrid of customization and mass-production (Gilmore & Pine II, 1997). It is the use of flexible processes and organizational structures to produce individually customized apparel products at the low cost of a …
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Using the Internet to solicit customer design input in order to support mass customization through modular designs
… development and manufacturing associated with mass production to entirely new processes required to support Mass Customization. Mass customization is both a product development and manufacturing process that is being mandated by increasingly heterogeneous customer needs. It requires very …
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