In order to meet increasing customer demands for more diverse product offerings, firms are revising their supply chain structures to accommodate mass customization.
In the age of mass customization with service oriented manufacturing, more and more production lines are designed according to the frequently changing customer demands.
It allows for robotic manufacturing, and it allows for more customization to individual demand.
I've seen too many ambitious emerging companies successfully recruit a colossal enterprise customer, only to be crushed by customization requests, service demands, and SOPs.
In the present era, cut-throat competition, fluctuating demands, customization of product, very high initial investment and ever increasing manpower cost, are severely affecting the profit margins of manufacturing industry.
The site offers on-demand and customization capabilities, with the majority of its inventory being printed on demand at the time of ordering — that's useful, as it means Walmart won't have to house large stores of inventory for this home décor business, as most of it is made-to-order.
"We're seeing demand for customization based on specific menus or food concepts, which may mean installing a pizza oven or a baking oven for cupcakes," said Richard Gomez, customer sales engineer and plant controller at AA Cater Truck, the largest food truck manufacturer in the country.
The current demand for customization, flexibility and responsiveness constitutes a challenge to achieve intelligent and adaptive manufacturing systems.
The current market's demand for customization and responsiveness is a major challenge for producing intelligent, adaptive manufacturing systems.
