Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures

Eyers, Daniel Roy; Wong, Hartanto; Soe, Shwe

Abstract

Whilst the fulfilment of customised production affects the whole product realisation chain involving product design, process design and supply chain design, our assessment of the literature observes comparatively little attention has been given to process design. Within this area, this paper considers the opportunity for custom fixture manufacture, combining the power of modularity with the technologies of Rapid Manufacturing. Several examples are presented illustrating significant improvements in quality, fixture cost and overall time to market can be achieved through this approach.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 16th International EurOMA Conference
• Start Date: Jun 14, 2009
• End Date: Jun 17, 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 30, 2019
• Book Title: 16th International EurOMA Conference
• Keywords: Fixtures, Mass Customisation, Rapid Manufacturing
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/2368253
• Publisher URL: http://orca.cf.ac.uk/23501/
• Contract Date: Aug 27, 2019