Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: journey and the road ahead

Singh, Ashutosh; Gupta, Shashank; Asjad, Mohammad; Gupta, Piyush

doi:10.1007/s13198-017-0610-z

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“…They provide multiple insights on the research perspectives in the field: on theoretical and practical challenges in the design of RMS (Rosio and Safsten, 2013), on measures of reconfigurability (Farid, 2014), on the use of artificial intelligence for the design of RMS (Renzi et al, 2014), on the adaptation of RMS for industrial assembly (Huettemann et al, 2015), on reconfigurable manufacturing on multiple levels (Andresen et al, 2015), on prerequisites and barriers for the development of RMS (Andresen et al, 2016), on the current design methods for RMS (Andersen et al, 2017). In particular, three recent surveys give a comprehensive view of challenges and research trends (Singh et al, 2017, Bortolini et al, 2018, Brahimi et al, 2019 where the interested reader will find a historical perspective of RMS development, detailed discussions on the topics attracting the major streams of research and future trends. Due to the availability of these complete bibliographical studies in the literature, we focus our literature analysis on the work that is the closest to our research question.…”

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Optimal cost design of flow lines with reconfigurable machines for batch production

Battaïa

Dolgui

Guschinsky

2020

International Journal of Production Research

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Modular reconfigurable machines offer the possibility to efficiently produce a family of different parts. This paper formalizes a cost optimization problem for flow lines equipped with reconfigurable machines which carry turrets, machining modules and single spindles. The proposed models take into account constraints related to: i) design of machining modules, turrets, and machines, ii) part locations, and iii) precedence relations among operations. The goal is to minimize equipment cost while reaching a given output and satisfying all the constraints. A Mixed Integer Program (MIP) is developed for the considered optimization problem. The approach is validated through an industrial case study and extensive numerical experiments.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Optimal cost design of flow lines with reconfigurable machines for batch production

Battaïa

Dolgui

Guschinsky

2020

International Journal of Production Research

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“…A substantial amount of research has been directed towards designing modular equipment [8] and flexible control architectures to enable manufacturing system reconfiguration and to provide increased resilience and agility [9]. Several studies have analyzed the degrees/levels of flexibility [10] and reconfiguration [4] of different manufacturing systems. Many researchers have focused on highly technical and complex industries, with high value-added products and a high level of automation.…”

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A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework Considering Different Levels of Decision-Maker Involvement to Reconfigure Manufacturing Systems

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Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs) rely on a set of technologies to quickly adapt the manufacturing system capacity and/or functionality to meet unexpected disturbances, such as fluctuation/uncertainty of demand and/or unavailability/unreliability of resources. At the operational stage, such disturbances raise new production requirements and risks, which call upon Decision-Makers (DMs) to analyze the opportunity to move from a running configuration to another more competitive one. Such a decision is generally based on an evaluation of a multitude of criteria, and several multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches have been suggested to help DMs with the reconfiguration process. Most existing MCDM approaches require some assignment of weights to the criteria, which is not a trivial task. Unfortunately, existing studies on MCDM for an RMS have not provided guidelines to weigh the evaluation criteria. This article fills in this gap by offering a framework to set up such weights. We provide a comprehensive set of quantitative indicators to evaluate the reconfiguration decisions during the operation of the RMS. We suggest three weighting methods that are convenient to different levels of DM expertise and desired degree of involvement in the reconfiguration process. These weighting methods are based on (1) intuitive weighting, (2) revised Simos procedural weighting combined with the Technique for Order of Preferences by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), and (3) DM independent weighting using ELECTRE IV. The implementation of the suggested framework and a comparison of the suggested methods carried out on an industrial case study are described herein.

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“…Mathematical definitions have been proposed for the RMS key characteristics [11], especially for scalability [12], convertibility [13], and an integrated multi-attribute reconfigurability index [14]. These characteristics and principles are applied to the design of different types of reconfigurable manufacturing systems, including machining systems, fixturing systems, assembly systems, and material handling systems [15,16], by using various models [17][18][19][20] and methodologies [21,22].…”

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“…Next, we review the related research problems in system-level design and operations. Different from other general reviews [11,15,16,22], this paper reviews the design and operations of RMSs according to the principles that we have formulated in Section 2.2.…”

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Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: Principles, design, and future trends

2017

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Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs), which possess the advantages of both dedicated serial lines and flexible manufacturing systems, were introduced in the mid-1990s to address the challenges initiated by globalization. The principal goal of an RMS is to enhance the responsiveness of manufacturing systems to unforeseen changes in product demand. RMSs are costeffective because they boost productivity, and increase the lifetime of the manufacturing system. Because of the many streams in which a product may be produced on an RMS, maintaining product precision in an RMS is a challenge. But the experience with RMS in the last 20 years indicates that product quality can be definitely maintained by inserting in-line inspection stations. In this paper, we formulate the design and operational principles for RMSs, and provide a state-of-the-art review of the design and operations methodologies of RMSs according to these principles. Finally, we propose future research directions, and deliberate on how recent intelligent manufacturing technologies may advance the design and operations of RMSs.

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Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: journey and the road ahead

Cited by 53 publications

References 76 publications

Optimal cost design of flow lines with reconfigurable machines for batch production

Optimal cost design of flow lines with reconfigurable machines for batch production

A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework Considering Different Levels of Decision-Maker Involvement to Reconfigure Manufacturing Systems

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: Principles, design, and future trends

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