A continuous toolchain for User-Driven Customization

User-driven Customization (UDC) is a promising concept to react on current developments in the markets. However, until now no successful applications of UDC for technical products exist. Therefore, this paper develops and implements a continuous toolchain for UDC from the customization toolkit via an OI-platform to the production back-end. The resulting prototype achieves the proof of concept for the feasibility of UDC: Components customized by users are directly transferred to a flexible production system and are manufactured there. To achieve this the paper builds on existing concepts as well as studies and derives a toolchain concept. It is adapted and implemented to realize a successful prototype.     «

User-driven Customization (UDC) is a promising concept to react on current developments in the markets. However, until now no successful applications of UDC for technical products exist. Therefore, this paper develops and implements a continuous toolchain for UDC from the customization toolkit via an OI-platform to the production back-end. The resulting prototype achieves the proof of concept for the feasibility of UDC: Components customized by users are directly transferred to a flexible produc...     »