Mass customization, configuration and manufacturing

Michel Aldanondo (1) , Khaled Hadj-Hamou (2) , Jacques Lamothe (1)

1 CGI - Centre Génie Industriel
2 G-SCOP_ROSP - Recherche Opérationnelle pour les Systèmes de Production

Mass customization has become a main issue for many companies fighting on a world market. In order to define the customized product that fit each customer need, these companies use configuration software called configurators. Most of these configurators, mainly based on artificial intelligence techniques, are just interested in the product definition without addressing relevant manufacturing problems. The goal of this communication is to show that the same kinds of computer techniques can be used to define customized assembly operations and manufacturing routings.

Keywords: Manufacturing data; Mass customization; Configuration

Domains: Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI]; Other

Michel Aldanondo, Khaled Hadj-Hamou, Jacques Lamothe. Mass customization, configuration and manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2004, 33 (4), pp.381-388. ⟨hal-00452958⟩