Build To Order : The Road to the 5-Day Car - Parry, Glenn; Graves, Andrew Peter; SpringerLink (Online service) (London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
and Overview -- and Overview -- Industry Dynamics -- The Evolution of Competition in the Automotive Industry -- Build-to-Order: Impacts, Trends and Open Issues -- Current Issues at OEMs and Suppliers -- Outsourcing: Management and Practice Within the Automotive Industry -- Modularity -- An Overview of Modular Car Architecture: the OEMS Perspective on Why and How -- The Modular Body -- Modular Concepts and the Design of the ModCar Body Shell -- Complexity Cost Management -- Collaboration -- Key Principles of Flexible Production and Logistics Networks -- Collaborative Planning Processes -- Collaborative Execution Processes -- Functionalities of Supporting IT Systems: Current Situation, Future Requirements and Innovative Approaches -- Modelled Scenario Examples for Planning and Execution Processes -- Validation -- A BTO Reference Model for High-Level Supply Chain Design -- Rapid Supply Chain Design by Integrating Modelling Methods -- Moving Towards BTO - An Engine Case Study -- How the Electro-Mechanical Valve Train Accelerates Logistics and Reduces Costs -- Network Design for Build-to-Order Automotive Production -- Implementation -- Automotive e-hubs: Exploring Motivations and Barriers to Collaboration and Interaction -- Automotive Supplier Park Strategies Supporting Build-to-Order -- Managing the Transition to the "5-Day Car" in Europe -- The Road Ahead -- The Road to the 5-Day Car.
Keywords: Automotive engineering; Engineering economics; Engineering economy; Industrial engineering; Production engineering; Production management; Management; Industrial management; Automotive Engineering; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Industrial and Production Engineering; Operations Management; Innovation/Technology Management