The aim of the thesis is to provide an overview of the automobile aftermarket customization and to evaluate its potential on the Czech market. The first goal is to understand why product design is crucial for consumers in general and to highlight its importance for automobile industry. Moving forward, the historical development of the automotive design with emphasis on external factors influencing technical and design development and, consequently customers preferences is provided. In order to analyze the potential of the customizing companies in the Czech Republic, a research among several Czech and German modifiers was conducted. The outcomes of the research enabled to draw the conclusions and evaluate the actual potential of automobile aftermarket modification.

This thesis is about changes which are define by company: customization. The main goal of this work is to identify the main phases of this process and put it into the reference model MBI. In the first chapter the theoretical apparat of the process of customization is defined as well as the business impact of this process. The second chapter focuses on the aforementioned extension of the MBI model. This extension is realized by four tasks, which clearly define the process of customization. These tasks are linked with scenarios which define the problems of this process. This work also includes three new factors and a document of the MBI model.

The goal of this thesis is to write a business plan for a mass customized online furniture company operating on Czech and Swiss market, analyse the potential and feasibility of this business idea and calculate the financial estimates of the business. The first part of the thesis describes the theoretical background and is focused on four main parts. First part tackles the topic of Canvas, Lean Canvas and lean startup approach. Second describes parts of the business plan. Thirdly the theoretical part focuses on the online customer experience and finally mass customization concept is discussed. The second part of this thesis is a practical business plan for an innovative online furniture company. The business model is built on the mass customization concept and targets Switzerland and Czech Republic. The goal of this part is to verify the business model by conducting a proper customer survey, analyse the market potential, develop the company strategy and asses its feasibility based on the financial model.

Atualmente, a customização apresenta-se como um importante diferencial competitivo para as empresas. No entanto, ao consumir bens customizados, o cliente está, em geral, sujeito ao pagamento de altos preços e à espera de longos tempos de entrega. Portanto, quanto mais as empresas desenvolverem soluções customizadas com altos níveis de eficiência, maior será a tendência de conquista do cliente. Nesse cenário, a customização em massa (CM), que está relacionada à produção de altos volumes de produtos e serviços customizados a um custo semelhante ao de itens padronizados, surge como solução. Verifica-se, porém, que, apesar da importância do setor de serviços no contexto atual, existe pouco conhecimento sobre a utilização da CM neste ramo de atividade. Dado isso, o objetivo desta dissertação é aplicar conceitos da CM, já difundidos na manufatura, no setor de serviços. Para atingir o objetivo, foram desenvolvidos três artigos. No primeiro artigo, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura a fim de identificar linhas de pesquisa já existentes sobre o tema e oportunidades possíveis de serem exploradas. No segundo artigo, foi proposta uma classificação para a customização de serviços, apresentando diversos tipos de customização possíveis de serem realizados nesse setor. No terceiro artigo, foi desenvolvido um dos tipos de customização apresentado no artigo anterior (mais especificamente, o tipo “Modularização e Plataforma de Serviços”) através da adaptação de um método de modularização, já utilizado para modularizar produtos, para o setor de serviços. Como conclusão geral, confirmou-se a expectativa de que a CM em serviços está em um nível baixo de maturidade, pois existem poucos estudos desenvolvidos sobre o tema. Além disso, verificou-se que as poucas soluções propostas pela literatura raramente são viáveis de serem utilizadas pelas empresas. Por fim, acredita-se que os habilitadores da CM em serviços devem considerar as características específicas desse setor, visto que, atualmente, os estudos introduzem no setor de serviços o que já foi desenvolvido para produtos, sem, no entanto, considerar as diferentes características desses dois setores. / Customization has been viewed as an important competitive advantage by companies. However, when consuming customized goods, customers are likely to pay higher prices and wait longer for the items purchased. Therefore, the more the companies develop customized solutions with high levels of efficiency, the greater the tendency to hold customers. In such context Mass Customization (MC), defined as the production of high volumes of customized products and services at mass production costs, arises as a solution. It is verified, however, that, despite the importance of the service industry, there is insufficient knowledge about the use of MC in such application context. The objective of this thesis is to apply MC concepts, already used in the manufacturing sector, in the service industry. We achieve that through the papers that compound this document. In the first paper, we present a literature review on MC in services and point to promising research opportunities. In the second paper, we propose a classification for service customization, presenting many types of customization feasible to be carried out in that sector. In the third paper we developed one of the customization types proposed in the second paper (namely, "Modularization and Platform of Services") by adapting a modularization method already used in manufacturing to the service sector. In general, we concluded that MC in the service industry is indeed at a low maturity level. Furthermore, it was found that the solutions proposed by authors are rarely applicable in practice. Finally, it is believed that MC enablers in the service industry should consider its specific characteristics instead of using solutions developed for products, without considering the specifics of the service industry.

E-loyalty is an important aspect for practitioners to understand as it determines a digital company’s success. The Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) industry is rapidly growing and becoming more competitive, which emphasizes the need to understand the key determinants of e-loyalty towards them. A quantitative study was thereby performed to investigate these. Data was collected from a survey examining e-satisfaction, e-trust, website/application quality, switching barriers, and customization, with the purpose of testing whether these can be considered key determinants in the SVOD context. The results include a regression model explaining 51.89% of the variance in e-loyalty, and show that e-trust and e-satisfaction had the largest impact on e-loyalty. These can thereby be considered key determinants of e-loyalty towards SVOD services in this study, which is in line with previous findings. Although, the results indicate that established theories might not be fully applicable, since switching barriers and website/application quality had negative impacts on e-loyalty. / E-lojalitet är en viktig aspekt för marknadsförare att ha förståelse för, då detta påverkar digitala företags framgång. De streamingtjänster som är prenumerationsbaserade och tillhandahåller videoinnehåll, som kallas SVOD, växer snabbt och marknaden blir alltmer konkurrenspräglad. Detta betonar behovet av att förstå de avgörande faktorerna när det kommer till e-lojalitet gentemot dem, vilket denna studie ämnar undersöka. Med en kvantitativ metod och enkätundersökning samlades data in, där fokus var på faktorerna e-kundnöjdhet, e-tillit, webbside/appkvalitet, byteshinder och kundanpassning för att se om dessa är avgörande i e-lojalitet i SVOD-kontexten. Resultaten inkluderar en regressionsmodell som beskriver 51.89% av variansen i e-lojalitet, samt visar att e-tillit och e-kundnöjdhet har störst påverkan på e-lojalitet. De ses därför som de avgörande faktorerna i denna studie vilket är i linje med tidigare studier. Dock visar resultaten att etablerade e-lojalitetsteorier inte verkar vara fullt applicerbara på SVOD-kontexten, eftersom byteshinder och webbside/appkvalitet påverkade e-lojalitet negativt i denna studie.

The aim of this thesis is to create at AB2 a.s. a new method for a design and introduction of new products into the assembly line. This new method has to comply with all AB2’s internal process criteria on one hand and achieve reduction in time and cost on the other hand. The new method fulfilling these criteria is called customization method which is using current portfolio of AB2’s products.

Eine zunehmende Individualisierung der Gesellschaft und die daraus resultierende Veränderung der Kundenansprüche wirken sich zwangsläufig auch auf die Produktion und die Vermarktung von Unternehmen aus. Die Autorin setzt sich mit einer besonderen Strategie auseinander, mit der Unternehmen versuchen, der zunehmenden Individualisierung von Kundenwünschen gerecht zu werden: mit der Mass Customization. Inwieweit sich die Mass Customization tatsächlich dazu eignet, individuelle Kundenwünsche zu befriedigen und in welchem Maße sie von Kunden akzeptiert wird, untersucht die Autorin am Beispiel kundenindividueller Turnschuhe.

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This thesis describes technical aspects of the successful implementation of the open source VuFind library resource portal at the National Library of Technology. Using source code analysis, the thesis provides a useful guide to deploying VuFind at czech library. The thesis confirms that VuFind is a capable solution for enabling efficient and effective searching and browsing of integrated library resources. 1

In today's industry sector, it has become increasingly common for manufacturers to use digital systems to support their services. Companies that do not respond to this development risk being threatened as competitors can offer more responsive and customized offers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of digital solutions among manufacturing industries in Sweden. The study also aims to investigate whether there is any link between the utilization of digital solutions and the total turnover in year 2017. The German research institute Franunhofer ISI has carried out a survey of manufacturing industries in Europe. This survey is called EMS and stands for European Manufacturing Survey. The study is based on the answers from manufacturing industries in Sweden and is the empirical data in the study. To answer the study's questions, the SPSS program was used. SPSS is a digital computer program that analyzes statistics. Two ANOVA tests were conducted to see whether there is a link between the level of use of digital solutions and the total turnover of businesses in year 2017. In the second test the utilization of digital solutions and type of manufacturing industry were compared. A test for pairs of observations is also carried out to see if there is a link between the different solutions. The result indicated that IT systems for controlling/planning production (as part of business systems or separate systems) are the most widely used digital solution among all manufacturing industries in Sweden. It appeared that there are three digital solutions that link the total turnover of industries in year 2017 and the level of use of digital solutions.