When we think of becoming Lean, in many ways, the ultimate process strategy to accomplish this is what is known as “Mass Customization”. This refers to production in batch sizes of one to meet ...

If your buyers want custom, built-to-order products, but you need to make and sell enough at a low price to compete with mass production, mass customization is your middle ground. As customers get ...

Mass customization sounds new and exciting, but really it is just taking elements of our current system of production – elements that have existed for hundreds of years – and mixing them in a new and ...

The technique, which creates a stronger chemical bond between silicone and an unprecedented array of plastics, could greatly reduce the time, complexity and expense needed to produce and customize the ...

The term "mass customization" sounds like an oxymoron: mass production on the one hand vs. products tailor-made for individual tastes on the other. This conflict is telling--mass customization is very ...