Production Scheduling of Personalized Fashion Goods in a Mass Customization Environment
Autor/a
Perret, Jens
Schuck, Katharina A.
Hitzegrad, Carolin
Otros/as autores/as
Universitat Ramon Llull. IQS
Fecha de publicación
2022-01ISSN
2071-1050
Resumen
The COVID-19 pandemic has put fashion manufacturers’ needs for optimization in the spotlight. This study argues that mass customization is becoming increasingly instrumental for offering consumers individualized solutions and that suppliers of fashion have to look for more sophisticated solutions in order to face the increasing demand for more sustainable products. With the deduction of a mathematical model derived from production sequencing it became evident that sustainability can be associated with a level production schedule and that cost-based production optimization is useful in achieving holistic sustainability in the fashion industry. The flexibility in the conceived mathematical model specifications allows for a generalizable approach, not limited to a single branch of the fashion industry. This paper additionally delivers a cost-based optimization approach which fashion companies, operating in a mass customization production layout, can easily implement without extensive know-how. The proposed two-stage algorithm is based on the concept of level scheduling. In a first stage, the algorithm determines a feasible production sequence in a time-efficient way while, in the second stage, it further advances the efficiency of the solution. Thus, it offers a framework to optimize a production in a mass customization environment and can contribute to a company taking major steps towards a holistic sustainable orientation as available resources are used more (cost) efficiently.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
502 - Naturaleza. Estudio, conservación y protección de la naturaleza
68 - Industrias, oficios y comercio de artículos acabados. Tecnología cibernética y automática
Palabras clave
Mass customization
Optimization
Algorithm
Production scheduling
Fashion production
Level scheduling
Indústria de la confecció
Desenvolupament sostenible
Páginas
p. 15
Publicado por
MDPI
Publicado en
Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 538
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