Importance of Flexibility in Manufacturing Systems

Kaschel, C. Hector; Bernal, Luis Manuel Sánchez y

doi:10.15837/ijccc.2006.2.2285

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“…Specific adapted measures or frameworks to develop these metrics (Kochikar and Narendran 1992;Parker and Wirth 1999;Shewchunk 1993) or applications for different systems (Edmondson and Redford 2003;Kurtoglu 2004;Kaschel and Sánchez 2006) can be found.…”

Section: Methodology Of Flexibility Quantificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operational flexibility quantification in a make-to-order assembly system

Calvo

Domingo

Pérez

2007

Int J Flex Manuf Syst

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Manufacturing flexibility is becoming a fundamental production objective, along with cost, quality, and delivery time. Current production systems face quick changes in market conditions and they need to adapt in this environment. The supply chain and industrial globalization give an important role for assembly systems. Placed at the end of the value chain, assembly systems must face those quick changes successfully to reach the expected performance. The key performance indicators are normally based on cost, quality, and delivery time objectives. Reducing costs and improving quality are almost universal goals. Delivery time is typically determined by customer demand in the supply chain, planning from make-to-stock to make-to-order, and aspiring to reach a just-in-time manufacturing system. In this context, flexibility could be the differential advantage to tackle uncertainty. Closely related to the rest of production objectives and the overall performance of the system, flexibility must be integrated in the system for successful decision-making in operations. This work presents this approach of flexibility. A brief review of flexibility concepts and measurements in the literature precedes an introduction to flexibility, defined based on the function of utility. This function represents the expectations of system performance. This approach allows the formulation of the taxonomy of operational flexibility in agreement with the classical types identified in former works. Next, an integer model is programmed to simulate the basic behavior of task planning in a make-to-order assembly system. This first application illustrates flexibility quantification based on utility evolution. The use of common industrial parameters to quantify operational flexibility will finally facilitate an integrated interpretation of system performance trends.

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Section: Methodology Of Flexibility Quantificationmentioning

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Operational flexibility quantification in a make-to-order assembly system

Calvo

Domingo

Pérez

2007

Int J Flex Manuf Syst

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“…The third is flexibility strategy. Flexibility is defined as a manufacturing system's ability to respond effectively and quickly to changing production needs and requirements (Kaschel and Bernal, 2006). Manufacturing companies have to address the challenge posed by variable demand (Kusiak, 2019).…”

Section: Manufacturing Strategymentioning

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Relationship between manufacturing complexity, strategy, and performance of manufacturing industries in Indonesia

Budiono

Nurcahyo

Habiburrahman

2021

Heliyon

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Previous research has emphasized the need to further investigate the impact of manufacturing complexity on company strategies and performance in developing countries' manufacturing sector. Indonesia is one such developing country where this relationship has yet to be adequately studied. The manufacturing industry sector is expected to drive Indonesia's economic growth to achieve the targeted average growth of 6% per year in the next five years. This study aimed to examine the relationship between manufacturing complexity, manufacturing strategies (cost, delivery, flexibility, and quality), and manufacturing performance of Indonesian automotive component manufacturing industries. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed in the investigation. The sample size comprised 72 automotive component manufacturing companies located in the Jakarta region. Results indicated that the higher the value of manufacturing complexity, the higher the manufacturing strategies should be prioritized. The manufacturing strategy related to quality, particularly, has a significant positive impact on manufacturing performance. The novelty of this study lies in its detailed examination of the relationship between manufacturing complexity, manufacturing strategies, and manufacturing performance, particularly in developing countries. The results are expected to fill the existing research gaps.

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“…Kaschel and Sánchez y Bernal [34] proposed a model of the fuzzy logic and mathematical programming to determine the structural and behavior problems occurring in a manufacturing system. These approaches allow to operatively responding on unexpected changes in market requirements arising in up-to-date industrial environment.…”

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Mathematical Model of the Fixture Flexibility Impact on Machining Accuracy of Levers

Іванов¹,

Dehtiarov²,

Pavlenko³

2016

AMS

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Flexible fixtures increasingly acquire an extension in up-to-date manufacturing engineering, albeit an attempt to determine the impact of the flexibility on the fixture accuracy parameters was not performed in previous research. The aim of this work is determination the opportunity to provide dimension accuracy for lever machining in the high-flexible fixture. Experimental values of displacements of the elements of the system "fixture-workpiece" for the different levels of fixture flexibility were obtained by means of finite elements analysis. On the example of levers machining it was stated that increasing the fixture flexibility allows receiving in a certain range the required dimension accuracy of the parts. Displacements were used for obtaining the mathematical model of the fixture accuracy depending on fixture flexibility. This model in case of levers machining describes by nonlinear function of evaluated flexibility indicators. The method of quasilinear evaluation of the parameters was used for identification the design flexibility by minimization of the total square deviation using the iteration procedure.

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Importance of Flexibility in Manufacturing Systems

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Operational flexibility quantification in a make-to-order assembly system

Operational flexibility quantification in a make-to-order assembly system

Relationship between manufacturing complexity, strategy, and performance of manufacturing industries in Indonesia

Mathematical Model of the Fixture Flexibility Impact on Machining Accuracy of Levers

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