Production Scheduling of Personalized Fashion Goods in a Mass Customization Environment
Author
Perret, Jens
Schuck, Katharina A.
Hitzegrad, Carolin
Other authors
Universitat Ramon Llull. IQS
Publication date
2022-01ISSN
2071-1050
Abstract
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.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
502 - The environment and its protection
68 - Industries, crafts and trades for finished or assembled articles
Keywords
Mass customization
Optimization
Algorithm
Production scheduling
Fashion production
Level scheduling
Indústria de la confecció
Desenvolupament sostenible
Pages
p. 15
Publisher
MDPI
Is part of
Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 538
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