As the day passes, customers continue to value their uniqueness. It, then, becomes even more crucial to design products to meet the unique needs of every individual. As the development of technology, ...

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 ...

Manufacturing has seen ups and downs over the last century, from its heyday at the peak of America’s industrial might to a low point in the mid-1990s when offshoring, outsourcing and the tarnished ...

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 ...

From the past 2 parts of this article series, we have learned that the industry has acknowledged that a revolution in fashion production needs to take place. The feasibility of mass customization and ...

Thanks to the immediacy of our digital age, shoppers have a growing desire for products that can be instantly customized exactly to their preferences. But the demand for customized goods does not ...

Some people will remember in the early nineties when Levi Strauss began offering custom-made jeans to solve the problems that many people, especially women, had with them: They didn’t fit quite right ...

John Hoke, head designer at Nike, gives a candid interview about where footwear is going next. 9 Ways 3-D Printing Makes The World Better At last, the oh-cool at-home manufacturing toy turns into an ...

The growing demand for customization in quick-service can be attributed to consumer insistence on a “me society” and operators’ intense battle for food-share. Customization in fast food began with the ...