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Build-to-Order Mass Customization; The Ultimate Supply Chain Management and Lean Manufacturing Strategy for Low-Cost On-Demand Production without Forecasts or Inventory
BuildtoOrder Mass Customization The Ultimate Supply Chain Management and Lean Manufacturing Strategy for LowCost OnDemand Production without Forecasts or Inventory Author:David M. Anderson This book shows leading-edge strategies to: * Implement a business model that offers an unbeatable combination of responsiveness, cost, and the products that customers want when they want them. * Achieve substantial cost advantages from eliminating inventory, forecasting, expediting, kitting, setup, and inefficient fire-drill efforts to custom... more »ize products. * Efficiently mass customize products for niche markets, countries, regions, industries, and individual customers. * Substantially simplify supply chains not just "manage" them to the point where parts and materials can be pulled into production without forecasts, MRP, purchasing, waiting, or warehousing. * Supply OEM assemblers or resupply stores rapidly on-demand and avoid carrying expensive inventory. Eliminate out-of-stocks from underproduction and avoid all the problems of overproduction: obsolescence, write-offs, returns, and discounting to sell obsolete merchandise. * Ship directly to customers or stores and be the first to market with new technologies since distribution "pipelines" do not have to be emptied first. * Grow sales and profits by expanding sales of standard, customized, derivative, and niche market products, while enhancing sales to existing customers.« less