Mass Customization: Transforming Manufacturing with Demand-Driven, Make-to-Order and Configure-to-Order Capabilities

Today, customers expect manufacturers to deliver what they want when they want it. They want more choices. More value. More customization. Faster.

“Mass Customization,” the ability to efficiently and cost-effectively deliver on-time, custom configured products to customers, is being adopted in nearly every industry

Offshore manufacturers are at a disadvantage as they lack the customer intimacy, speed and flexibility necessary to meet these new customer demands. This leads to a great onshore opportunity, and U.S. manufacturers are well poised to reap the benefits.

To succeed, manufacturers must implement make-to-order and configure-to-order capabilities within their organizations, replacing and updating current IT systems with modern ERP capabilities and an integrated supply chain, all driven by business intelligence.  It is a strategy that impacts nearly every aspect of our client’s business –  from product design to procurement, demand planning to customer service.

To learn more about make-to-order and configure-to-order manufacturing, please watch our Webinar series. In part 1, you will get proven best-practices and solutions for understanding and capitalizing on this industry trend to achieve competitive advantage, better customer experiences and increased market share. Part 2 covers the design considerations, solution components and implementation methodology for an agile supply chain.

• Part 1: Make-to-Order and Configure-to-Order Manufacturing Opportunities
• Part 2: Implementing Demand Driven Make-to-Order Manufacturing

By Nima Bakhtiary, President for Arbela Technologies

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