Mass customization information systems in business

• Other Authors: Blecker, Thorsten, Friedrich, Gerhard
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey PA : Idea Group Reference, ©2007.
• Subjects: Flexible manufacturing systems.; Product management.; Customer relations.; Consumers' preferences.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1599040417; 9781599040417; 9781621989400; 1621989402; 9781599040394; 1599040395; 1280843616; 9781280843617; 9786610843619; 6610843619
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 313 pages)

"This book describes original, innovative works on IT systems for mass customization, and provides a multitude of solutions, tools, concepts and successful realizations of IT systems for mass customization. It discusses state-of-the-art mass customization while depicting the importance of IT in...

Table of Contents:

• Machine derived contents note: Mass Customization Information Systems in Business
• Edited by Thorsten Blecker and Gerhard Friedrich
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Franz Wotawa (Graz University of Technology-Austria)
• Austria
• Preface
• Thorsten Blecker (University Hamburg-Hamburg)/ Gerhard Friedrich (University Klagenfurt)
• PART I Theory of Information Technology for Mass Customization
• Chapter I ¿ Mass Customization with Configurable Products and Configurators: A Review of Benefits and Challenges
• Mikko Heiskala / Juha Tiihonen / Kaija-Stiina Paloheimo / Timo Soininen (Helsinki University of Technology)
• Chapter II ¿ Product Modeling and Configuration Experiences
• Joseba Arana / María Elejoste / José Ángel Lakunza / Jone Uribetxebarria / Martín Zangitu (IKERLAN Technological Research Centre)
• Chapter III ¿ Product configuration in ETO companies
• Thomas Ditlev Petersen (Aalborg University, Denmark)
• Chapter IV ¿ Open Variant Process Models in Supply Chains
• Corinna Engelhardt-Nowitzki / Helmut E. Zsifkovits (University of Leoben)
• PART II
• Frameworks for Mass Customization
• Chapter V ¿ An associative Classification-based Recommendation System for Personalization in b2c e-Commerce Applications
• Yiyang, Zhang / Jianxin (Roger) Jiao (Nanyang Technological University)
• Chapter VI ¿ Knowledge-Based Recommender Technologies supporting the Interactive Selling of Financial Services
• Alexander Felfernig (University Klagenfurt)
• Chapter VII ¿ Developing Interoperability in Mass Customization Information Systems
• Ricardo Jardim-Goncalves / António Grilo / Adolfo Steiger-Garcao (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
• Chapter VIII ¿ An Agent-Based Information Technology Architecture for Mass Customized Markets
• M. Ghiassi (Santa Clara University) / C. Spera (Zipidy, Inc.)
• Chapter IX ¿ Critical Role of Supply Chain Decoupling Point in Mass Customisation from its Upstream and Downstream Information Systems Point of View
• Soroosh Saghiri (The University of Greenwich Business School)
• PART III ¿ Innovative Information Technology Approaches for Mass Customization
• Chapter X ¿ From Strategy Definition to Product Derivation using a Scenario-Based Architecting Approach
• Mugurel T. Ionita (University of Groningen) / Pierre America (Philips Research) / Dieter K. Hammer (University of Groningen)
• Chapter XI ¿ Research Issues in Knowledge-Based Configuration
• Dietmar Jannach / Alexander Felfernig / Gerold Kreutler / Markus Zanker / Gerhard Friedrich (University Klagenfurt)
• Chapter XII ¿ Mass Customisation of Services and Processes based on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
• Dimitris K. Kardaras (Athens University of Economics and Business) / Bill Karakostas (City University Northampton)
• Chapter XIII ¿ Applying Service CAD System to value Customization
• Tomohiko Sakao (Darmstadt University of Technology) / Yoshiki Shimomura (Tokyo Metropolitan University) / Alberto Simboli / Andrea Raggi / Luigia Petti / Giuseppina Pagliuca (University ¿G. d¿Annunzio¿)