The importance of customer requirement management in product development has been
well-recognized in both academia and industry alike. This article provides a comprehensive …

European manufacturing companies face increasing pressure to adopt digitalization
technologies discussed in the emerging paradigm of Industry 4.0. On the other hand …

The prevailing practice of design for mass customization manifests itself through a configure-
to-order paradigm, which means to satisfy explicit customer needs (CNs) and built upon …

Fashion is a global, multi-trillion dollar industry devoted to producing and selling clothing,
footwear, and accessories to individuals or groups of people. Its sheer numbers, together …

A leading innovation scholar explains the growing phenomenon and impact of free
innovation, in which innovations developed by consumers and given away “for free.” In this …

Digital fabrication—including additive manufacturing (AM), rapid prototy** and 3D printing—
has the potential to revolutionize the way in which products are produced and delivered to …

A great challenge facing industry today is managing variety throughout the entire products
life cycle. Drivers of products variety, its benefits, pre-requisites and associated complexity …

Living Labs have received limited attention in the literature despite their diffusion throughout
E urope and recent interest from policy makers. This limited attention is linked to the …

In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two
increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms …

Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) stand as a synonym for the future factory
environment (also Smart Factory) and are characterized by their scalable and modular …