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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Agile manufacturing"”.
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Design and Reconfiguration of Manufacturing Systems in Agile Manufacturing Environments
Agile manufacturing has become a topic of great interest over the past several years. The entire domain of modeling and analyzing different types of agile manufacturing environments and systems, however, remain largely unexplored. The objective of this research is to provide fundamental insight …
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Application of lean and agile manufacturing process in new product development
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Engineering: Industrial Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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Determining information systems contribution to manufacturing agility for SME's in dynamic business environments
Since the concept of agile manufacturing was coined in the early nineties, the study of the contribution of information systems to agility has lacked a thorough analysis. Information systems have been labelled in the academic literature as critical, key and important in achieving and supporting …
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Modeling, design and scheduling of computer integrated manufacturing and demanufacturing systems
… implementation, and operation of flexible and agile manufacturing and demanufacturing systems. After a review of the current academic and industrial activities in these fields, a Virtual Production Lines (VPLs) design methodology is proposed to facilitate a Manufacturing Execution System …
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Global new product introduction and development in the automotive sector
… GNPID process in combination with other lean and agile manufacturing techniques and systems is guaranteed to reduce lead-time and save on cost. In the typical post-launch product life-cycle the problems faced by most manufacturing companies lies not only in accelerating and maintaining sales after …
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App chaining software-as-a-service for an advanced manufacturing marketplace
… (e.g., Awesim) that support Advanced Manufacturing enterprises consisting of Apps. These Marketplaces host Apps that perform simulation and modeling on specialized designs (e.g., pipes, automobile parts). However, the salient limitation in these App Marketplaces is the lack of a …
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Planning for Army Force Generation Using Lot Streaming, and Extensions
… on hand that pertain to hybrid flow shop and agile manufacturing environments. Results of our computational investigation show the effectiveness of using the Sequential approach over direct solution by CPLEX from the viewpoint of both optimality gap and the CPU time required. In particular, we …
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Modeling, Analysis, and Algorithmic Development of Some Scheduling and Logistics Problems Arising in Biomass Supply Chain, Hybrid Flow Shops, and Assembly Job Shops
… to `ethanol production from biomass', `agile manufacturing' and `mass customization' domains. Our motivation stems from the potential use of biomass as an alternative to non-renewable fuels, the prevalence of `flexible manufacturing systems', and the popularity of `mass customization' in …
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Manufacturing execution systems
The term Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) was created in 1990 by Advanced Manufacturing Research (AMR) to describe the suite of software products which enables the execution of manufacturing through the integration of planning and control systems. The purpose of this dissertation is to …
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Cost Risk Management for a Small to Medium-sized Enterprise in the Cladding Industry
… a knowledge-based model to improve a cladding manufacturing SME’s performance. The research also presents a management method for the selection, integration, control and implementation of this approach. Controlling data transfer between systems produces a knowledge-based model, allowing …
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Passivity-Based Hands Towards General-Purpose Robotic Manipulation
… a high level in a novel competition focused on agile manufacturing. The bin-picking system demonstrates wide coverage of objects seen in logistics and grocery warehouses. To investigate intelligence in more general-purpose systems, an anthropomorphic hand is developed. The design incorporates …
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Simulation in Automated Guided Vehicle System Design
The intense global competition that manufacturing companies face today results in an increase of product variety and shorter product life cycles. One response to this threat is agile manufacturing concepts. This requires materials handling systems that are agile and capable of reconfiguration. As …
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Measuring Leanness of Manufacturing Systems and Identifying Leanness Target by Considering Agility
The implementation of lean manufacturing concepts has shown significant impacts on various industries. Numerous tools and techniques have been developed to tackle specific problems in order to eliminate wastes and carry out lean concepts. With the focus on "how to make a system leaner," little …
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Adapting Grafchart for Industrial Automation
Current trends in industrial automation are the need for customizable production, vertical integration, more advanced sensors and actuators, and shorter time to market. The currently used control systems and languages for control were developed with a more static production in mind. More flexible …
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Uma Análise exploratória de práticas de gestão de TI no setor de serviços financeiros brasileiro
… to follow this tendencies if they don t have an agile and organized structure in order to adapt themselves. The agility could be comprehended as a capability in answer quickly the changes and to explore them as a competitive advantage, according to Dove(1996) and Kidd (1995). The agility theme is …