Product Design for Mass Individualisation for Industrial Application
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Author(s)
Sikhwal, RK
Childs, Peter RN
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
In the last few years, a demand for renewed product personalisation to satisfy the exact need of the customers has been observed in some markets. As opposed to customisation, which put emphasis on the satisfaction of explicit needs of a defined market segment, individualisation aims at satisfying the specific needs of a customer. Product design for Mass Individualisation (MI) is a new product design paradigm that comprises an open hardware platform and multiple modules that are integrated with the platform, as per end-users’ choice. This paper identifies key areas and components which need to be focused to realise this approach and convert it into an industrial practice by an explorative study of existing product design and customisation approaches. A questionnaire survey has been conducted and results are presented for the industrial implication and insights on this approach. The findings clearly show that MI provides most individualised and technologically advanced product.
Date Issued
2018-02-12
Date Acceptance
2017-07-20
Citation
2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2018, pp.674-680
ISBN
978-1-5386-0948-4
ISSN
2157-362X
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
674
End Page
680
Journal / Book Title
2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)
Copyright Statement
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Source
International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM)
Start Date
2017-12-10
Finish Date
2017-12-13
Coverage Spatial
Singapore