Mobile Environment Of Mass Customization Supply Chain

Mass customization(MC) is the mainstream of 21st century production mode, while the supply chain management is one of the key enabler to successfully implement the MC system.So the research work on mass customization supply chain is very necessary.Mobile and wireless technology will be more popular in 21st century.Mobile technology enables real-time information accessing and process monitoring at any time,in any process of the whole supply chain.It increases supply chain agility and visibility.Therefore,research on supply chain for mass customization in mobile environment has significant value.Based on the analysis of the changes of modern enterprise production mode, supply chain trends and the impacts of mobile technology for supply chain,this paper proposes a mass customization supply chain operation model in mobile environment from the information flow perspective.This paper explains the important role of data synchronization and information exchange in the supply chain information sharing process.Two key issues are given,and then the paper addresses a detail solution and implementation.Main research results are as follows:①The paper analyses the characteristics of mass customization supply chain, and elaborates the mobile technology's impact on it.Then the operation model of mass customization supply chain is proposed.The detailed descriptions of its entire process,in particular information flow and sharing,are given.②In the context of mass customization,this paper analyses the data synchronization requirement of the mobile user,and the weakness of current mobile database products,and then presents a generic data synchronization solution which is based on middleware technology.The solution gives a data synchronization mechanism for the data exchange between mobile device and the enterprise systems (such as supply chain management system),as well as the peer-to-peer data synchronization method for mobile device.③In the context of mass customization,this paper analyses the mobile technology impacts on supply chain information exchange,and then proposes a supply chain information exchange model usin g mobile agent technology,which provides the auto-negotiation mechanism for different supply chain partners.This makes the mass customization supply chain could meet the customer's needs in a rapid,flexible and coordinated way.④This paper discusses the implementation technology of mobile agent system, including the agents' life cycle management,interactive strategy and migration strategy.And then,this research result is used in clothing customized supply chain practice.This paper is a part of national 863 projects "The invocation technology for enterprise application integration in mobile environment"(No.2008AA04Z127).