%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Customization and Variants in Terms of Form, Place and Time
%+ Jönköping University [Sweden]
%A Wikner, Joakim
%A Tiedemann, Fredrik
%Z Part 5: Variety and Complexity Management in the Era of Industry 4.0
%< avec comité de lecture
%( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
%B IFIP International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS)
%C Austin, TX, United States
%Y Farhad Ameri
%Y Kathryn E. Stecke
%Y Gregor von Cieminski
%Y Dimitris Kiritsis
%I Springer International Publishing
%3 Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for the Factory of the Future
%V AICT-566
%N Part I
%P 383-391
%8 2019-09-01
%D 2019
%R 10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5_48
%K Customization
%K Product proliferation
%K Flow thinking
%K Decoupling point
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X The interest in customization has increased due to globalization, and globalization makes competing on price more difficult if access to low-cost production is unavailable. Customization usually implies the creation of variants, where the final products are customized in form, place and/or time. However, the relation between customization and variants is unclear; therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze customization in terms of form, place and time, as well as relate it to product proliferation (i.e., variant creation). Here, a time perspective is used, creating a clear relation to flow thinking. Using flow thinking and the two strategic decoupling points related to flow driver (customer order decoupling point) and flow differentiation (customer adaptation decoupling point) provides a better understanding of what, where and when customization can be applied.
%G English
%Z TC 5
%Z WG 5.7
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02419269/document
%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-02419269/file/489100_1_En_48_Chapter.pdf
%L hal-02419269
%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-02419269
%~ IFIP
%~ IFIP-AICT
%~ IFIP-TC
%~ IFIP-TC5
%~ IFIP-WG
%~ IFIP-APMS
%~ IFIP-WG5-7
%~ IFIP-AICT-566