Evolving Paradigms of Manufacturing: From Mass Production to Mass Customization and Personalization

This paper reviews the development of the paradigms of manufacturing, including mass production, mass customization and the emerging paradigm of personalization. In each paradigm, we discuss the contributions of scientific principles, manufacturing technologies and systems operations and how they ar...

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Published in:Procedia CIRP 2013, Vol.7, p.3-8
Main Author: Hu, S. Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Mass customization
Mass production
Personalization
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Summary:This paper reviews the development of the paradigms of manufacturing, including mass production, mass customization and the emerging paradigm of personalization. In each paradigm, we discuss the contributions of scientific principles, manufacturing technologies and systems operations and how they are integrated together to achieve quality, productivity and responsiveness in manufacturing. We also compare the roles of the consumer in each paradigm.
ISSN:2212-8271
2212-8271
DOI:10.1016/j.procir.2013.05.002