Information and Management Systems for Product Customization

In today's competitive environment, manufacturing and service companies are intensifying their customization processes. Customization means companies must meet the challenge of providing individualized products and services, without introducing high costs. Therefore, companies must address both customization and cost factors to gain a competitive advantage. While product customization is the manufacturing of products according to individual customer needs, it does not involve any focus on the cost perspective. Information and Management Systems for Product Customization will concentrate on both product customization and costs' efficiency, which is termed as mass customization. Moreover, mass customization with its multi-dimensions is the new business paradigm challenging today's manufacturing companies.

Summary

In today's competitive environment, manufacturing and service companies are intensifying their customization processes. Customization means companies must meet the challenge of providing individualized products and services, without introducing high costs. Therefore, companies must address both customization and cost factors to gain a competitive advantage. While product customization is the manufacturing of products according to individual customer needs, it does not involve any focus on the cost perspective.
Information and Management Systems for Product Customization
will concentrate on both product customization and costs' efficiency, which is termed as mass customization. Moreover, mass customization with its multi-dimensions is the new business paradigm challenging today's manufacturing companies.

Product details

• Authors: Thorsten Blecker, Gerhard Friedrich, Bernd Kaluza, Nizar Abdelkafi, Gerold Kreutler, Thorste Blecker, Gerhar Friedrich
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 11.01.2005
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management
• EAN: 9780387233475
• ISBN: 978-0-387-23347-5
• Pages: 269
• Illustrations: XXII, 269 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 15.8 x 24.3 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 630 g
• Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems > 07; Integrated Series in Information Systems; Integrated Series in Informati > 7; Integrated Information Systems > 7
• Subjects: Management, Wirtschaftsmathematik, Operations Research, B, it, Unternehmensforschung, Fertigungstechnik, Wirtschaftsmathematik und -informatik, IT-Management, Management: Entscheidungstheorie, Informationstechnik (IT), allgemeine Themen, Business and Management, informationstechnologie, Entscheidungstheorie, Computernetzwerke und maschinelle Kommunikation, Unternehmensanwendungen, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Wirtschaftsrechnen, Wirtschaft / Wirtschaftsmathematik, Fertigungstechnik und Ingenieurwesen, Netzwerk (elektronisch), Datenverarbeitung / Anwendungen / Betrieb, Verwaltung, Technologie / Informationstechnologie, Business / Management, Logistikmanagement, Management / Logistikmanagement, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, COMPUTERS / Information Technology, Operations Management, IT in Business, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research and Decision Theory, Management & management techniques, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Information Systems and Communication Service, Management decision making, Management science, Computers, Business mathematics & systems, Production engineering, Operational research, Decision Making, Production management, Business—Data processing, Business applications, Database Management System, Computer networking & communications