See article on how to implement Mass Customization in the April 2011 issue of Mechanical Engineering, published by ASME

      Designing Low-Cost Products  New article

     Design for Manufacturability article

     Designing in Quality article New article

    Saving Cost and Time with Vendor/Partnerships New article

     Reducing Cost and Material Usage for Large Parts New article

     Half the Time to Stable Production article

     Standardization article

     Mass Customization article

     Build-to-Order & Mass Customization article

     Article on Rationalizing Product Lines by outsourcing or eliminating high-demand, low-profit products to
          immediately raise profits and free valuable resources for more profitable endeavors in
          product development, quality, and process improvement

     DFM Training; how to arrange

     How Seminars & Workshops Are Customized for Practicality and Relevance New article

     Designing products for Lean Production, Build-to-Order, and Mass Customization article

     Article on Cost Reduction; How Not to Lower Cost:

             Article on Why trying to "reduce" cost after design doesn't work

             Low-Bidding article, which may appear to lower one cost, but raises others and distracts from real cost reduction

             Outsourcing for cost article, the hidden costs of outsourcing and its detrimental effects
                on real cost reduction efforts, like teamwork

             Off-Shore Manufacture article; how it thwarts 6 of 8 cost reduction strategies
                for an illusion of cost reduction now

     Mergers & Acquisitions

     On-demand Lean Production article

     Quality: The Cost of Quality article

     Supply Chain Cost Reduction

    Measuring Total Cost and its importance to decision making, pricing, and real cost reduction,
            by Doug Hicks, CPA

Article links to www.build-to-order-consulting.com/articles.htm

Recession_strategies article

Achieving Growth through BTO & Mass Customization article

Spontaneous Supply Chain article to pull parts and materials on-demand

Automatic Resupply Techniques article: kanban and breadtruck

End of the Line for Mass Production; No Time for Batches and Queues article, a witty and hard-hitting editorial on the demise of Mass Production

Links to other Journal Articles:

Link to Ortho World article:  "Why Offshoring Manufacturing 'To Save Cost' Won’t, but Trying May Compromise Product Development, Delivery and Quality"

Link to ASME's April 2011 "Mechanical Engineering" article: "Mass Customization’s Missing Link – Building the Products"
 

For more information call or e-mail:

Dr. David M. Anderson, P.E., fASME, CMC
Management Consultant
www.design4manufacturability.com
phone: 1-805-924-0100
fax: 1-805-924-0200
e-mail: anderson@build-to-order-consulting.com

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