CS-Introduction Integrated product life cycle Mass customization starts from understanding customers'individual requirements and ends with a fulfillment process targeting each particular customer; The time-to-market can be achieved by telescoping lead time; Product realization should simultaneously satisfy various product life cycle concerns,including functionality,cost,schedule,reliability,manufacturability, marketability,and serviceability,to name but a few; The realization of mass customization requires not only integration across the product development horizon,but also the provision of a context-coherent integration of various viewpoints of product life cycle. 上浒充通大粤CS- Introduction Integrated product life cycle Mass customization starts from understanding customers’ individual requirements and ends with a fulfillment process targeting each particular customer; The time-to-market can be achieved by telescoping lead time; Product realization should simultaneously satisfy various product life cycle concerns, including functionality, cost, schedule, reliability, manufacturability, marketability, and serviceability, to name but a few; The realization of mass customization requires not only integration across the product development horizon, but also the provision of a context-coherent integration of various viewpoints of product life cycle