Mass Customisation
Mass customisation revolutionised the ability of companies to develop, produce and deliver affordable goods and services quickly. The concept explains the rise of mass customisation, its advantages and disadvantages and strategies for implementing mass customisation successfully.
Technique Overview
Mass Customisation Definition
Mass customisation is the production of goods and services for a typically large market, which meets exactly, the needs of each individual customer in terms of product characteristics (differentiation option), at costs corresponding roughly to those of standard mass produced goods (cost option). Mass customisation resolves the traditional trade-off between mass production (low cost but no differentiation) and customisation (meeting individual customer needs but at high cost) (Piller & Müller, 2004).
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- Blecker, T. and Abdelkafi, N. (2006) Mass Customization: State-of-the-Art and Challenges, in Blecker, T. and Friedrich, G. (Eds.), Mass Customization. Challenges and Solutions, Springer, New York, pp. 1-25.
- Chase, R.B., and Aquilano, N.J. (2004) Operations Management for Competitive Advantage, 10th Edition, Irwin Professional Publishing.
- Da Silveira, G., Borenstein, D., and Fogliatto, F.S. (2001) Mass Customization: Literature Review and Research Directions, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 72 (1), pp. 1-13.
- Drury, C. (2004) Management and Cost Accounting (6th ed.), Thomson Learning, London.
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