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Design by customer: concept and applications

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Customer satisfaction can be increased by reducing the gap between what customer really needs (customer requirements) and what manufacturer can provide (product specifications). The approach of Design for Customer where products are generated by translating customer needs into product specifications (in mass production system) or into product variety (in mass customization system) is not able to give optimum satisfaction to all customers. Some customers are still forced to relax their requirements and to accept predefined product in the assortment. This study proposes a new concept of Design by Customer to increase customer satisfaction by opening maximum possible channel for customers to involve in value creation so that they are no longer only searching for goods but they can also, when necessary, involve in production cycle to specify their own design. In order to ensure the viability of the proposed concept, the integration of multi customer involvement decoupling point, product attribute analysis, crowdscreening and new manufacturing strategy are introduced in this paper. Real products of resin-based table clocks are used as practical example to verify the concept applicability and to demonstrate its merit.

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Risdiyono, Koomsap, P. Design by customer: concept and applications. J Intell Manuf 24, 295–311 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-011-0587-4

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