Product family design and platform-based product development has received much attention
over the last decade. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art …

In an effort to improve customization for today's highly competitive global marketplace, many
companies are utilizing product families and platform-based product development to …

The paper provides an integrated view of value creation in mass customization-based
production models. While flexible manufacturing technologies are often seen as the main …

Product customization has been recognized as an effective means to meet individual
customers' needs. It is imperative to assist customers in making informed decisions with …

Covering every aspect of the process, this book introduces the design, development,
manufacturing, and marketing of footwear. It also presents a comprehensive discussion of …

Unlike most of the available configuration solutions, the integrated sales, product and
production configuration is proposed to help companies realize product customization from …

A novel knowledge-based mixed-integer programming (MIP) model is presented for
generating the assembly sequence of a given product based on available assembly …

Product customization leads to an exponentially increased number of product and process
variants, which exaggerates the difficulties in building up customization capabilities for make …

Rapid product development relies heavily on quick and reliable process planning and
knowledge reuse. Process configuration borrows the principles of product configuration and …

Distributed control systems such as the holonic manufacturing systems and service-oriented
architectures have demonstrated to provide higher levels of flexibility, notably in the …