Product and process approaches

• Published in: Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction pp. 78 - 92
• Main Author: Bechthold, Martin
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2013
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Large Production Volumes; Robust Process Design; Cam Technique; Modular Design Approaches; Multi-criteria Decision Support System; Mass Customisation; Double Skin Facade; Delayed Product Differentiation; Product Service Systems; CNC Manufacture; BIM; Flexible Manufacturing Cells; IAC; CNC Control; Object Oriented Design Approach; Parametric Design Environments; Architectural Products; FEMA; Body Scanning Techniques; FEMA Trailer; Mass Customisation System; Business Process; Eth Zurich; Taiwan's Housing Industry; Full Scale Physical Models

The demand for the largest possible variety of products, whether architectural, consumer or industrial products, has clearly increased over the past decades. Depending on the product complexity and the need for product variation different production strategies, ranging from craft production to mass...