A Design Methodology for Mass-Personalization with Additive Manufacturing.

Increasingly differentiating customer needs and expectations in combination with the highly competitive global market creates the necessity of new approaches. Mass-Personalization (MP) presents an opportunity to meet diversifying customer needs in consumer products market with a near mass-production efficiency. Traditional product development methodologies fall short to guide design for MP and a dedicated systematic methodology is essential. The proposed approach bases on a dynamic product template that automatically adapts with user input and produces a reliable output. Increasingly differentiating customer needs and expectations in combination with the highly competitive global market creates the necessity of new approaches. Mass-Personalization (MP) presents an opportunity to meet diversifying customer needs in consumer products market with a near mass-production efficiency. Traditional product development methodologies fall short to guide design for MP and a dedicated systematic methodology is essential. The proposed approach bases on a dynamic product template that automatically adapts with user input and produces a reliable output.

Keywords:DIGITAL FABRICATION, MASS CUSTOMIZATION

Disciplines:Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering not elsewhere classified

Project type:Collaboration project