DocumentCode :
1056947
Title :
Product Development Cost Estimation in Mass Customization
Author :
Tu, Y.L. ; Xie, S.Q. ; Fung, Richard Y K
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng., Calgary Univ.
Volume :
54
Issue :
1
fYear :
2007
Firstpage :
29
Lastpage :
40
Abstract :
The ultimate goal of mass customization is to achieve economies of both scope and scale. This goal implies a conflict between customization and economy of scale (or mass production) in the traditional manufacturing paradigm. However, recent developments in computer and Internet communication technologies, concurrent engineering, and modular design methodology provide concepts, methods and technology infrastructure for realizing mass customization. One of the findings from numerous research efforts on mass customization is the use of e-commerce technologies to manage a product development chain that links customers, suppliers and manufacturers together to approach concurrently customized products in a short time and at the low cost level of mass production, i.e., mass customization. To ensure the success of mass customization in a product development chain, a rapid, automatic yet accurate cost estimate and control system is needed. This paper presents a cost index structure, which is a novel data structure, together with two novel cost estimate methods, viz. the generative cost estimate method and the variant cost estimate method, for the development of a semi or fully automatic computer-aided cost estimate and control system in mass customization. Finally, an industrial case is reported in the paper to illustrate the principles and feasibility of the proposed data structure, methods and system framework
Keywords :
Internet; costing; data structures; electronic commerce; mass production; product customisation; production engineering computing; Internet communication technologies; computer technologies; computer-aided cost estimate; concurrent engineering; control system; cost index structure; customers; customized products; data structure; e-commerce technologies; economy of scale; industrial case; manufacturers; mass customization; mass production; modular design methodology; product development; suppliers; Concurrent computing; Control systems; Costs; Data structures; Economies of scale; Manufacturing; Mass customization; Mass production; Product development; Weight control; Cost estimation; e-commerce; mass customization;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9391
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TEM.2006.889065
Filename :
4077245
Link To Document :
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