| Cellular Manufacturing Systems: Design, Planning and Control 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Singh, N. (Author), Rajamani, D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 041255710X ISBN-13: 9780412557101 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: The focus of this book is the modeling and analysis of cellular manufacturing systems. Cellular manufacturing, an application of Group Technology, has contributed significantly to revolutionizing the management of modern low volume/high variety manufacturing systems. Cellular Manufacturing Systems is organized in a logical order following the design, planning and control phases of manufacturing. Key topics covered are various cell formation approaches, layout and production planning issues, and control issues in cellular flexible manufacturing systems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Manufacturing - Education - Computers | Cad-cam |
| Dewey: 670 |
| LCCN: 95-71239 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.6" W x 8.42" (1.32 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Batch manufactcring is a dominant manufacturing activity in the world, generating a great deal of industrial output. In the coming years, we are going to witness an era of mass customization of products. The major problems in batch manufacturing are a high level of product variety and small manufacturing lot sizes. The product variations present design engineers with the problem of designing many different parts. The decisions made in the design stage significantly affect manufacturing cost, quality and delivery lead times. The impacts of these product variations in manufacturing are high investment in equipment, high tooling costs, complex scheduling and loading, lengthy setup time and costs, excessive scrap and high quality control costs. However, to compete in a global market, it is essential to improve the productivity in small batch manufacturing industries. For this purpose, some innovative methods are needed to reduce product cost, lead time and enhance product quality to help increase market share and profitability. What is also needed is a higher level of integration of the design and manufacturing activities in a company. Group technology provides such a link between design and manufacturing. The adoption of group technology concepts, which allow for small batch production to gain economic advantages similar to mass production while retaining the flexibility of job shop methods, will help address some of the problems. |
