Complexity in manufacturing systems and its measures: a literature review

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2018-02-19 DOI:10.1504/EJIE.2018.089883

Bugra Alkan, D. Vera, Mussawar Ahmad, B. Ahmad, R. Harrison

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Abstract

Complexity in manufacturing systems still remains a challenge and leads to operational issues and increased production cost. In this paper, drivers of complexity and typical symptoms of complex manufacturing systems are identified. A comprehensive review of studies published within the last two decades to assess manufacturing system complexity are presented. The key contributions of this review are: 1) a classification of complexity assessment methods based on perceived complexity symptoms; 2) a comprehensive review of assessment methods with cross-evaluation to identify appropriate use based on available data; 3) recommendations for the wider academic and industrial community, based on research trends identified in the literature, as to how complexity assessment should be addressed in the future. It is concluded that the assessment of complexity is necessary so that it can be controlled effectively, however the industry suffers from a lack of practical tools to support in this endeavour. [Received 23 December 2016; Revised 18 August, 14 October 2017; Accepted 22 October, 2017]

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制造系统的复杂性及其测度：文献综述

制造系统的复杂性仍然是一个挑战，并导致操作问题和生产成本增加。本文识别了复杂制造系统的复杂性驱动因素和典型症状。对过去二十年中发表的评估制造系统复杂性的研究进行了全面回顾。这篇综述的主要贡献是：1）基于感知复杂性症状的复杂性评估方法分类；2）对评估方法进行全面审查，并进行交叉评估，以根据现有数据确定适当的用途；3）根据文献中确定的研究趋势，为更广泛的学术界和工业界提出关于未来应如何处理复杂性评估的建议。结论是，对复杂性进行评估是必要的，这样才能有效控制复杂性，但该行业缺乏支持这一努力的实用工具。【2016年12月23日收到；2017年8月18日修订，10月14日修订；2017年10月22日接受】

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.