Title :
E-product development (ePD) for mass customization
Author :
Helander, Martin ; Jiao, Jianxin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Production Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore
Abstract :
Electronic product development directly connects multiple customers and suppliers throughout the entire value chain. This alleviates much of the inefficiency in current product development and supply chain practices. It integrates different facets of product design, process design, order processing, and order fulfillment in a cohesive manner. This capability is becoming a critical factor in global competition. This paper presents an on-going research program of e-product development (ePD) for mass customization. The program aims at investigating fundamental issues and enabling techniques for applying the Internet to re-engineering manufacturing companies towards mass customization. The ultimate goal is to assist industries to upgrade to become high value-added businesses
Keywords :
Internet; management; manufacturing industries; product development; production engineering computing; Internet; e-product development; electronic product development; enabling techniques; global competition; high value-added businesses; manufacturing companies re-engineering; mass customization; multiple customers and suppliers connection; order fulfillment; order processing; process design; product design; supply chain management; supply chain practices; value chain; Consumer electronics; Costs; Internet; Logistics; Manufacturing industries; Mass customization; Mass production; Product design; Product development; Supply chain management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2000. ICMIT 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6652-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2000.916816
