Agile Manufacturing MS IEM

8/13/2019 Agile Manufacturing MS IEM

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ADVANCE MANUFACTURING

SYSTEMS

Instructor: Faisal Chaudhry


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Agile Manufacturing


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AM is a business concept that integrates (unite) organizations

, people and technology into a meaningful unit by deploying

advanced information technologies with flexible and nimble

(quick) organization structures to support highly skilled,

knowledgeable and motivated people. (Gupta & Mittal 1996)

Ability to thrive in a competitive environment of continuous

and unanticipated change and to respond quickly to rapidly

changing markets driven by customer

based valuing ofproducts and services. (De Vor & Mills 1995)

Definitions


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Global Competition is intensifying.

Mass markets are fragmenting into

specialized markets.

Cooperation among companies is becoming

necessary, including companies who are in

direct competition with each other.

Why Agile Manufacturing


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Customers are expecting:

Low volume products

High quality product

Custom products

Very short product life-cycles, development

time, and production lead times are required.

Customers want to treated as individuals

Why Agile Manufacturing


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What is world Class Manufacturing

Flexibility & control

to satisfy customer

on time, every time

Managing throughpeople, teams and

aligning all to goals

Reduction of waste in

the manufacturingsystem

Product quality right

first time, every time


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To determine customer needs quickly and continuouslyreposition the company against itscompetitors.

To design things quickly based on those individual needs.

To put them into full scale, quality production quickly.

To respond to changing volumes and mix quickly.

To respond to a crisis quickly.

Keys to Agility & Flexibility


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A. GUNASEKARAN & Y. Y. YUSUF

2002

Agile Manufacturing Paradigm


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A. GUNASEKARAN & Y. Y. YUSUF

2002

Agile Manufacturing Strategies/TechniquesStrategic Planning

Product Design

Automation &

IT

Virtual Enterprise


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It takes into account the long-term interest of

the company in determining suitable business

and operational policies.

strategies can be formulated based on a top

down approach and they could be

implemented using a bottom-up approach.

Strategic Planning


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Strategic

Planning

Tool


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Rapid product design system with the objective ofswitching over to new products as quickly as possible

The agile manufacturing system should be able toproduce a variety of components at low cost and in ashort time period.

Processes and techniques, such as Computer AidedDesign (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE),and formal methods, such as Design for Manufacture

and Assembly, to achieve reduced productdevelopment cycles, whilst improving the quality ofproducts.

Product Design


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Right products at the right time.

Concurrent Engineering (CE) strategy.

Product Design


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Change around the formation of product

development teams. These teams include

representatives with different expertise, such

as design, manufacturing, quality assurance,purchasing, marketing, field service and

support.

Product Design


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A virtual enterprise(VE) is a temporary

alliance of businesses that come together to

share skills or core competencies and

resources in order to better respond tobusiness opportunities, and whose

cooperation is supported by computer

networks

Virtual Enterprise


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Integration of core competencies

Supply Chains

Temporary alliances System Integration

Data Management

VE Technologies/methods


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Generally, a single organization often may not beable to respond quickly to changing marketrequirements. Temporary alliances orpartnerships based on core competencies of

firms will help to improve the flexibility andresponsiveness of organizations .

The cultural, communication and cross-functionalobstacles can be overcome in a VE by training and

education, strategic alliances, advancedinformation technologies to improve thecommunication, and team working byempowered employees.

Virtual Enterprise


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Agile manufacturing needs intelligent sensing anddecision-making systems capable of automaticallyperforming many tasks traditionally executed byhuman beings.

FMS CAPP

CAD/CAM

Robots

CIM

E-Commernce

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

AGVSs (Automated Guided Vehicle Systems)

Automation & IT

Documents

Agile Manufacturing MS IEM