NPD-SCM alignment in mass customization

Start Page
69
End Page
85
Citation
Mass Customization (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing) Seite 69-85 (2011)
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-1-84996-489-0_4
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85151566514
Publisher
Springer Nature
ISBN
978-1-84996-489-0
This chapter aims to develop a new product development supply chain management alignment framework for mass customization. A case study conducted in industry motivates this framework. Variety, modularity, and innovativeness are the product features that should be taken into account when studying alignment in a mass customization setting. From the supply chain viewpoint, configuration, collaboration, and coordination complexities are the variables that matter. We formulate ten propositions explaining the relationships between the variables of the framework. It must be noted that innovativeness, a variable that has so far been neglected with respect to the alignment question, plays a critical role in supply chain management decisions.
Subjects
Mass Customization
Product Architecture
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Performance
DDC Class
330: Economics