1. FROM DESIGN TO MANUFACTURING FOR MASS CUSTOMIZATION Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Ass. Prof. Senior Consultant Leonardo Group AG Mr. Christos Chatzopoulos PhD Student Democritus University of Thrace Production & Management Engineering Hellenic Republic (Greece)

2. The aim The elimination of waste of time and the waste of cost. The reduction of total time of the design and manufacturing of products. The improvement of quality of products and processes of manufacturing, as the customer conceives it. The achievement of flexibility of Manufacturing processes, via a basic platform - tool, satisfying first of all the above parameters. Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos

3. The value of customers Reduction of lead time. Value Stream Map

4. Rules and Principles The guarantee of the imperishable information of the value in all phases. Approaching the design of Manufacturing with Agile Management, integrating the flexibility. The guarantee of designing processes of Manufacturing with Lean Philosophy’s methods and techniques, integrating the quality into the process. Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos

5. Customer’s Value and reduction of time Agile Lean techniques Flexibility Quality Mass Customization ManufacturingFlow Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos

6. Agile meets Lean Philosophy Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos

7. Further Researches Development of basic theoretical rules and principles from Design phase to Manufacturing phase. Determination of the basic rules that are common for all the customized products or for categories of products and industries. Creation of a platform - tool (probably an IT tool). Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos

8. FROM DESIGN TO MANUFACTURING FOR MASS CUSTOMIZATION Thank you for your valuable time Dr. Alexander Tsigkas Mr. Chatzopoulos Christos