Biography: Dr. David M. Anderson, P.E., is a management consultant who specializes in seminars, workshops, and consulting on implementing Agility and Mass Customization [www.build-to-order.com]. He teaches "Agile Product Development" at University of California, Berkeley Extension, and "Achieving Competitive Advantage Through Mass Customization" at the University of Michigan with B. Joseph Pine II. Dr. Anderson has over 23 years of industrial experience including 5 years as manager of flexible manufacturing at Intel's Systems Group. He has professional registrations in mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from University of California, Berkeley. [Dr. Anderson may be reached at andersondm@aol.com]
B. Joseph Pine II is the founder of Cleveland-based Strategic Horizons LLP, a consultancy dedicated to mass customization. Mr. Pine wrote the award-winning
Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition (Harvard Business School Press, 1993), which the
Financial Times named "one of the seven best business books of 1993." He has authored numerous articles for leading publications, including, "Do You Want to Keep Your Customers Forever?" for the
Harvard Business Review.
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