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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> The leader's customers will be able to choose exactly what they want to buy --
> brick for brick -- 100% online. The ERP to make this work is easier said than
> done, but someone will do it.
Alvin Toffler fantasized about the total customization of mass production in
the 70s ("Future Shock" and so on.) Fifteen years later, Dell was held up as
proof of the concept. Ten years after that, Dell hasn't changed, and nobody is
ordering customized spoons. Yes, Toffler's examples included spoons shaped by
robots to be different from your neighbor's. Give him some slack, it was the
70s, and he didn't play with Lego.
My mailbox hasn't gotten any bigger in 61 years. Today I went to pick up Lego
packages in person. My mail is still limited by what will fit into a carrier's
twin sack in one day, or by the size of a steel locker out front on the lawn.
Just another bottleneck.
-Erik
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| (...) Toffler's example was a little different from the Dell incarnation, though, and not just in the nature of the product. The manufacturing of spoons piece-by-piece to be different from one's neighbors entails a manipulation of each item in (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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