Framework for Product-Mix and Changeover Manufacturing Flexibility
Facing new challenges and more uncertainty, manufacturers see
the need for flexible solutions and the need to strive to achieve
flexibility. However, flexibility is still not well understood and
no unambiguous understanding of flexibility exists. The paper
first summarizes the state of the field of flexibility, exploring
different definitions and understandings of the flexibility concept
from the literature. A framework for measuring flexibility
performance is developed for use in measuring and monitoring
manufacturing performance for handling product-mix and
changeover. Additionally, a framework for integration of
manufacturing systems with unreliable machines having quality
issues is suggested to serve as an input to flexible manufacturing
decision support. This should enable maintenance systems that
are adaptive and flexible to changes in manufacturing.
Keywords: quality; product-mix; changeovers, flexible manufacturing
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
R.S.Wadhwa
GUC
R.S.Wadhwa
GUC