Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to...

Anabel Ternès, Ian Towers und Marc Jerusel gehen der Frage nach, welche neuen Konsummuster sich aufbauend auf den Begriffen Individualisierung und Nachhaltigkeit herausbilden könnten. Denn der Trend nach nachhaltigen und individualisierten Produkten ist bereits seit mehreren Jahren spürbar,...

Stefan R. Thallmaier’s investigation enables mass customization businesses to better understand how co-design increases customers’ value perception. He focuses on the increasing proliferation of service channels (online, mobile and in-store) and digital media (toolkits, social media and live...

Durch Mass Customization, d.h. durch die Erstellung individualisierter Produkte und Leistungen mit der Effizienz einer vergleichbaren Serienfertigung, können Unternehmen ihre Ertragskraft und die Zahlungsbereitschaft ihrer Kunden steigern. Sie können dadurch außerdem neue Geschäftsfelder...

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...

In today's competitive environment, manufacturing and service companies are intensifying their customization processes. Customization means companies must meet the challenge of providing individualized products and services, without introducing high costs. Therefore, companies must address both...

This book analyzes of the surplus of production capacity in China. According to a government statement, there is a serious surplus of productive capacity in the steel, cement, glass, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries. There was no surplus of productive capacity in above industries between...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of sustainability and management in India and through its insightful essays highlights the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability as a concept. It also demonstrates the debates surrounding the concept of sustainability and its ramifications...

Die Beitragsautoren dieses Sammelbandes erforschen, diskutieren und validieren den Einsatz zukunftsorientierter Produktionsmethoden zur Gestaltung nachhaltiger Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke. Vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender globaler Umweltrisiken und sozialer Disparitäten ist die Konzeption...

This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...