One-of-a-Kind Production

Due to their urgent demands and specific requirements, some customers in developed countries often feel it would be inconvenient to talk to an overseas supplier about their specific requirements. This creates business opportunities for SMEs in developed countries. However, the low efficiency and high costs involved mean there is a threat of such business opportunities being taken over by cheaper overseas suppliers.
One-of-a-Kind Production introduces a novel one-of-a-kind production (OKP) paradigm to help these SMEs to efficiently or to mass-produce customized products. It will use successful industrial implementations in OKP companies, such as a steel construction company in Hong Kong, custom window and door manufacturer in Canada, etc., to demonstrate the OKP strategy, system and computer-aided OKP technologies. A novel software system for planning and control OKP is also introduced in One-of-a-Kind Production, together with easy tutorials to help the readers to learn how to use this software system.