Manufacturing and services constitute two of the five sectors of every country's economy;
depending on the maturity of the economy, they are—in terms of employment—typically the …

The outputs or products of an economy can be divided into services products and goods
products (due to manufacturing, construction, agriculture and mining). To date, the services …

Our focus herein is on developing an effective taxonomy for the simultaneous and real-time
management of supply and demand chains. More specifically, the taxonomy is developed in …

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 …

Mass Customization: A Supply Chain Approach is a text on the emerging topic of mass
customization in manufacturing. The contributed chapters in this book provide a unified …

The outputs of a national economy can be partitioned into three sets of products: tangible
goods (due to manufacturing, construction, extraction and agriculture), intangible services …

Traditionally, executives have assumed that trade‐offs–highquality or low cost, efficiency or
customization–are inevitable. In defining their businesses, the choice has always been seen …

This paper reviews the development of the paradigms of manufacturing, including mass
production, mass customization and the emerging paradigm of personalization. In each …

Modern means to improve efficiency in manufacturing are quite diverse. However the
traditional cornerstones are those still to pursue. Scale, cost, quality and time in a row are …

Combining aspects of traditional manufacturing techniques, the topic of mass customization
is being pursued in research and industry. With consumers demanding specialized …