From the Chinese emperor who had an army of 8,000 personalized clay soldiers built to adorn his mausoleum, to the consumer who receives personalized recommendations from Amazon and Netflix today, people have always gotten a psychological reward from having things made “just for them.” What are ways that businesses can deliver this level of customized […]
PLE’s Time Is Coming; Here’s Why
Ask Google what PLE stands for, and the first answers that appear are “personal learning environment,” “protein-losing enteropathy,” and “pleural effusion.” Then comes the topic of this website: product-line engineering. But don’t let the lack of widespread notoriety fool you. This PLE is in the process of upending traditional assumptions of engineering—and transforming how some […]