...Yuan Chang; Xinguo Ming; Xiaoqiang Liao; Yuguang Bao; Zhihua Chen; Wenyan Song Purpose This study is a reference for manufacturers who are promoting their product-service system (PSS) development. Currently, improvements in both digital customization and sustainability for various smart PSS...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Quality management Complexity Learning curves Customization Increasing complexity within products, processes and manufacturing systems, as well as in the external environment...

... For that, the authors surveyed 165 practitioners from different manufacturers. Participants provided information about the levels of product customization and production volume in their companies. They also indicated the adoption level of I4.0 technologies and CSFs. Using multivariate data techniques, the authors...

... impacts. Findings The study found that AM technology social impacts are still in an exploratory phase. Evidence was found that several social challenges of AM technology will have an influence on the society. The topics associated with fabrication, customization, sustainability, business models...

... to explain differing effects of AM technology adoption on SCM processes and SCM components. Research limitations/implications It is proposed that AM’s ability to economically build custom products provides the potential to alleviate the common dilemma between product variety and scale economies...

...Xuehong Du; Jianxin Jiao; Mitchell M. Tseng The importance of incorporating customer preferences into product specifications for successful customized product design has been well recognized. An approach based on the identification of customer need patterns is proposed in this paper for better...