With the rise of global competitiveness among industries, it has become increasingly vital to develop novel strategies to assist in optimizing value-chain networks, thus helping to secure economic success. By employing engineer-to-order practices, many enterprises have improved their manufacturing processes. Supply Chain Strategies and the Engineer-to-Order Approach evaluates innovative processes and original operational models, frameworks, and architectures in the topic areas of industrial engineering and management science. Featuring optimized enterprise chain management strategies and emergent research within the field, this book is an essential reference source for professional, academics, and researchers specializing in enterprise operations and engineer-to-order procedures.

Product customization is a growing concern in today's competitive business environment. A customer-driven product design and development system must be developed to respond to customers' aspirations and demands. Success in customization process is achieved by swiftly reconfiguring product development process and business strategies with respect to individual customers needs and dynamic production requirements. Product reconfiguration approach allows satisfying unexpected customers demand through offering extra features. It permits customers to choose their products based on choices of product attributes. Along with product reconfiguration process, a new level of information integration among product development participants is required both within the firm and with external environments. In this book, the integration of information system among potential customers, designers and manufacturers is developed with a view to fabricate custom-built products. This integration process also needs to formulate with appropriate production strategies such as; modularity, platform-based product development, commonality etc to meet diverse market demands.