Randall Shaffer
Springer | 3540854134 | 2009 | PDF | 300 pages | 12 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Manufacturing Flexibility is usually seen as the main answer for surviving in present markets characterized by short lead times, tight product tolerances, pressure on costs, frequent changes of demand and continuous evolution of products. However, the competitiveness of a firm can be negatively affected by capital intensive investments in system flexibility. Indeed production contexts characterized by mid to high demand volume of well identified families of products in continuous evolution normally do not require the highest level of flexibility. Designing manufacturing systems that optimally satisfy the production requirements represents a very complex problem, since aspects ranging from manufacturing strategy to process planning, and from scenario analysis to performance evaluation must be considered over the system lifecycle.
The book addresses these interdependencies proposing an integrated approach to flexible production system design. Since traditional system architectures are not always the most efficient solution to face new production contexts a new manufacturing system architecture named Focused Flexibility Manufacturing Systems – FFMSs is also introduced. Indeed the explicit design of flexibility can lead to hybrid systems, i.e. automated integrated systems consisting of general purpose and dedicated machines. This is a key issue of FFMSs which are designed to achieve an optimal balance between flexibility and productivity at system level.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Designing Manufacturing Flexibility in Dynamic Production Contexts 1
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
2 Flexibility in Manufacturing – An Empirical Case-Study Research 19
Marco Cantamessa and Carlo Capello
3 A Review on Manufacturing Flexibility 41
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
4 Product-Process-System Information Formalization 63
Marcello Colledani, Walter Terkaj and Tullio Tolio
5 Manufacturing Strategy: Production Problem Analysis for Assessing Focused Flexibility 87
Manfredi Bruccoleri, Diego Lanza and Giovanni Perrone
6 Pallet Configuration for Approaching Mapping Requirements on Devices 113
Giovanni Celano, Antonio Costa, Sergio Fichera
and Barbaro Santangelo
7 Design of Focused Flexibility Manufacturing Systems (FFMSs) 137
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
8 System Life-Cycle Planning 191
Marco Cantamessa, Carlo Capello and Giuseppe Cordella
9 System Performance Simulation and Analysis 219
Antonio Grieco and Francesco Nucci
10 Testing 239
Manfredi Bruccoleri, Carlo Capello, Antonio Costa, Francesco Nucci, Walter Terkaj and Anna Valente
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Springer | 3540854134 | 2009 | PDF | 300 pages | 12 Mb
DESCRIPTION
Manufacturing Flexibility is usually seen as the main answer for surviving in present markets characterized by short lead times, tight product tolerances, pressure on costs, frequent changes of demand and continuous evolution of products. However, the competitiveness of a firm can be negatively affected by capital intensive investments in system flexibility. Indeed production contexts characterized by mid to high demand volume of well identified families of products in continuous evolution normally do not require the highest level of flexibility. Designing manufacturing systems that optimally satisfy the production requirements represents a very complex problem, since aspects ranging from manufacturing strategy to process planning, and from scenario analysis to performance evaluation must be considered over the system lifecycle.
The book addresses these interdependencies proposing an integrated approach to flexible production system design. Since traditional system architectures are not always the most efficient solution to face new production contexts a new manufacturing system architecture named Focused Flexibility Manufacturing Systems – FFMSs is also introduced. Indeed the explicit design of flexibility can lead to hybrid systems, i.e. automated integrated systems consisting of general purpose and dedicated machines. This is a key issue of FFMSs which are designed to achieve an optimal balance between flexibility and productivity at system level.
LIST OF CONTENT
1 Designing Manufacturing Flexibility in Dynamic Production Contexts 1
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
2 Flexibility in Manufacturing – An Empirical Case-Study Research 19
Marco Cantamessa and Carlo Capello
3 A Review on Manufacturing Flexibility 41
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
4 Product-Process-System Information Formalization 63
Marcello Colledani, Walter Terkaj and Tullio Tolio
5 Manufacturing Strategy: Production Problem Analysis for Assessing Focused Flexibility 87
Manfredi Bruccoleri, Diego Lanza and Giovanni Perrone
6 Pallet Configuration for Approaching Mapping Requirements on Devices 113
Giovanni Celano, Antonio Costa, Sergio Fichera
and Barbaro Santangelo
7 Design of Focused Flexibility Manufacturing Systems (FFMSs) 137
Walter Terkaj, Tullio Tolio and Anna Valente
8 System Life-Cycle Planning 191
Marco Cantamessa, Carlo Capello and Giuseppe Cordella
9 System Performance Simulation and Analysis 219
Antonio Grieco and Francesco Nucci
10 Testing 239
Manfredi Bruccoleri, Carlo Capello, Antonio Costa, Francesco Nucci, Walter Terkaj and Anna Valente
EDITORIAL REVIEW
