Talk:Mass customization

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This page seems to be a copy-paste of http://www.mass-customization.de/glossary.htm and I imagine that the author of that page, who placed it under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License wouldn't be too happy with this as it isn't attributed. Additionally it uses un-encyclopedic language such as "In my understanding". 58.6.42.36 06:34, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Is cc-share alike a "GFDL-compatible license"? I don't read it as being such because it seems as if they require it to be licensed with cc-sharealike only. I removed the content of question and replaced it with a short summary of what the website says. Hopfully other editors can build on this start. Using the old content in a parpharsed(meaning encyclopedic language and signifcantly differnt with out loss of meaning) would be approprate.R00m c 06:09, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Mass customization, in marketing, is the use of flexible computer aided manufacturing systems to customized the outputs of low unit cost, high output, production processes. It is claimed that these systems combine the low unit costs of mass production processes, with the flexibility of individual customization.

There are four types of mass customization:

Collaborative customization - firms talk to customers one-on-one to determine the precise product offering that best serves the customers needs (see personalized marketing and personal marketing orientation) - this information is then used to specify and manufacture a product Adaptive customization - firms produce a standardized product, but this product is customizable in the hands of the end-user - the customers alter the product themselves Transparent customization - firms provide individual customers with unique products, without explicitly telling them that the products are customized - need to be able to accurately predict customer needs Cosmetic customization - firms produce a standardized physical product, but market it to different customers in unique ways.