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Modular System Design and Control for Flexible Assembly

Modular System Design and Control for Flexible Assembly Flexible Assembly Systems FASs are normally associated with theautomatic, or robotic, assembly of products, supported by automatedmaterial handling systems. However, manual assembly operations are stillprevalent within many industries, where the complexity and variety ofproducts prohibit the development of suitable automated assemblyequipment. This article presents a generic model for incorporatingflexibility into the design and control of assembly operations concernedwith high varietylow volume manufacture, drawing on the principles forFlexible Manufacturing Systems FMS and JustinTime JIT delivery. Itis based on work being undertaken in an electronics company where theassembly operations have been overhauled and restructured in response toa need for greater flexibility, shorter cycle times and reducedinventory levels. The principles employed are in themselves notoriginal. However, the way they have been combined and tailored hascreated a total manufacturing control system which represents a newconcept for responding to demands placed on market driven firmsoperating in an uncertain environment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Operations & Production Management Emerald Publishing

Modular System Design and Control for Flexible Assembly

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Emerald Publishing
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0144-3577
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10.1108/EUM0000000001250
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Abstract

Flexible Assembly Systems FASs are normally associated with theautomatic, or robotic, assembly of products, supported by automatedmaterial handling systems. However, manual assembly operations are stillprevalent within many industries, where the complexity and variety ofproducts prohibit the development of suitable automated assemblyequipment. This article presents a generic model for incorporatingflexibility into the design and control of assembly operations concernedwith high varietylow volume manufacture, drawing on the principles forFlexible Manufacturing Systems FMS and JustinTime JIT delivery. Itis based on work being undertaken in an electronics company where theassembly operations have been overhauled and restructured in response toa need for greater flexibility, shorter cycle times and reducedinventory levels. The principles employed are in themselves notoriginal. However, the way they have been combined and tailored hascreated a total manufacturing control system which represents a newconcept for responding to demands placed on market driven firmsoperating in an uncertain environment.

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 1, 1989

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