Design and implementation of flexible manufacturing solutions in agile enterprises

Q1 Multidisciplinary

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management Pub Date : 2000-12-01 DOI:10.1108/14654650010356095

L. Abdel-Malek, Sanchoy K. Das, C. Wolf

引用次数: 49

Abstract

Flexibility is a key component in any agile manufacturing enterprise. A methodology that a firm may use to design, build and then implement a flexible manufacturing (FM) solution is presented. An FM solution is defined as an operational intervention that helps the company counter the changes in its internal and external environments. The methodology was developed in collaboration with several industrial partners, and is easy to use and readily applicable in an industrial setting. The FM solution design method is structured as a three‐phase execution. Phase I involves identifying the flexibility needs of the company. Phase II is the actual development of the FM solution and includes models for measuring the current and target flexibility levels. Phase III incorporates a process to address the economic viability of the proposed solutions. Also reported are the results of a survey on the relative importance of the flexibility types.

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敏捷企业中柔性制造解决方案的设计与实现

灵活性是任何敏捷制造企业的关键组成部分。提出了一种公司可用于设计、构建和实施柔性制造(FM)解决方案的方法。FM解决方案被定义为帮助公司应对内部和外部环境变化的操作干预。该方法是与几个工业伙伴合作开发的，易于使用并易于适用于工业环境。调频解决方案的设计方法结构为三个阶段的执行。第一阶段包括确定公司的灵活性需求。第二阶段是FM解决方案的实际开发，包括用于测量当前和目标灵活性水平的模型。第三阶段纳入了一个过程，以解决拟议解决方案的经济可行性。还报告了一项关于灵活性类型的相对重要性的调查结果。

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International Journal of Agile Systems and Management Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary

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2.70

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0.00%

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期刊介绍： The objective of IJASM is to establish an effective channel of communication between academia, industry and persons concerned with the design and development of systems. Change is eternal and perpetual, irrespective of type of system. Systems created in the course of the advance of human civilization need to be functionally and operationally sustainable amid changes in technological, political, socio-economical, financial, cultural and other environmental challenges. IJASM aims to promote and harmonize knowledge developments in the emerging fields of agile systems research, sustainability and vulnerability analysis, risk assessments methodologies, complex systems science, e-organisation and e-supply chain management, with emphasis on the international dimension, particularly breaking cultural barriers, and on national contexts, globalisation and new business practices. As such, we aim to publish papers presenting new research, innovative theoretical approaches, changes in agile management paradigms, and action (both examples of successes and failures as long as there are important lessons to be learned) from leading scholars and practitioners. Papers generally fall into two broad categories: those grounded in theory and/or papers using scientific research methods (e.g., reports of original empirical studies, models, critical reviews of existing empirical research, theory pieces that clearly extend current thinking); and those focusing on innovative agile approaches that are based on well reasoned extensions of existing research, experiential knowledge, or exemplary cases (e.g., thought pieces, case studies, etc).