Links to Other Sites of Interest

These are links to other sites that provide information useful to anyone interested in mass customisation:

Research Centres

These are centres of research attached to Universities:

Canada

Management of Technology Group - Centre of technology research at SFU Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

Germany

TUM Research Center on Mass Customization & Customer Integration - Research centre attached to the Technische Universität München. Website in German and English.

United Kingdom

Mass Customisation Research Centre (MCRC) - Part of the Operations Management Division of Nottingham University, England.

United States

The Textiles Research and Training Institute(TRTI) - Part of Eastern Michigan University. Its mission is to be a leading research academic organization that provides relevant and creative research in the area of textiles and "applied textiles" that mach across multi-disciplines and industries.

Professional Associations

The International Institute on Mass Customization & Personalization - Recently formed professional organisation addressing the interests of the mass customisation community.

Consultancies

The following is a list of consultancies that can provide expertise on implementing mass customisation programmes:

United Kingdom

Managing Change - specialises in Strategic Interactive Marketing

United States

Bourke Consulting Associates - Strategic and operational consulting for manufacturing companies and software firms

Build-to-Order Consulting - This site has 12 articles related to mass customization, a description of the 2004 book, "Build-to-Order & Mass Customization," and information on in-house MC seminars.

The Aaronson Group - A full-service consulting company that specializes in the user-centric view of the world.

Digital Fabrication

Fabbers.com - Website providing information on the technologies and applications of fabbers and digital manufacturing.

Please note that MadeForOne.com is not connected to any of the organisations above, with the following exception:
The editor of MadeForOne.com is a member of the International Institute on Mass Customization and Personalization.