• DocumentCode
    3462112
  • Title

    Research on Key Issues in System Decoupling for Service Mass Customization

  • Author

    Chen, Jue ; Hao, Yunhong ; Jin, Tingting ; Huang, Shuhan

  • Author_Institution
    Tourism Sch., Zhejiang Gongshang Univ., Hangzhou
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The paper explored some key points on decoupling of service systems in achieving mass customization by conducting a case analysis in Chinese restaurant. It justified the effectiveness of system decoupling in achieving purpose of mass customization and reveals how to make the decoupling decisions by balancing multiple operational objectives. Technologies especially the IT, as it further indicates, play a vital role for system decoupling in delivering mass customized services and however should be carefully adopted.
  • Keywords
    catering industry; customer services; systems analysis; Chinese restaurant; IT; service mass customization; service systems decoupling; Costs; Educational institutions; Information analysis; Manufacturing processes; Marketing and sales; Mass customization; Mass production; Process design; Production systems; Quality management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dalian
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2107-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2108-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WiCom.2008.2012
  • Filename
    4680201