The term "mass customization" sounds like an oxymoron: mass production on the one hand vs. products tailor-made for individual tastes on the other. This conflict is telling--mass customization is very ...

A common problem with design integration of conventional off-the-shelf medical connectors is that the connectors are rarely perfect matches for the application. They often require additional labor to ...

If your buyers want custom, built-to-order products, but you need to make and sell enough at a low price to compete with mass production, mass customization is your middle ground. As customers get ...

From handcrafted leather shoes to delicate hand-woven linens, the pre-industrialized world allowed the skill of the worker to reflect in every manufactured product and resulted in unique, ...

The fashion industry produces far more inventory than it sells, consuming and polluting more of the planet's resources than necessary and generating about 10% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

producing a customized product on demand for a specific, named customer after receipt of an actual order, and, producing it with the same efficiency as one would expect from a mass-produced product.

With more than 2.14 billion people being digital buyers (almost 30% of the world's population) and many companies offering extremely user-friendly shipping processes, our homes have turned into ...

For all of McDonald’s dominance of the fast food scene, Burger King had it right years ago with the slogan, “Have it your way.” Custom products are becoming an increasingly important product strategy.

John Hoke, head designer at Nike, gives a candid interview about where footwear is going next. 9 Ways 3-D Printing Makes The World Better At last, the oh-cool at-home manufacturing toy turns into an ...