Expectations and disappointments of industrial innovations
The Integrated Manufacturing System (IMS), Group Technology, Numerical Control, and Computer Aided Design (CAD) were four outstanding innovations that were one-time milestones of scientific industrial management. This book describes the expectations and disappointments of the common pitfalls of thes...
Saved in:
| Main Author | |
|---|---|
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2017.
|
| Series | Lecture notes in management and industrial engineering.
|
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319507026 9783319507019 |
| ISSN | 2198-0772 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 131 pages) : illustrations |
Cover
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Remarkable Innovation: Mass Production; 1.3 Batch Production; 1.4 Improving Productivity of Batch Production; 1.4.1 Manufacturing; 1.4.1.1 Master Production Schedule (MPS); 1.4.1.2 Material Requirements (Resource) Planning (MRP)1; 1.4.1.3 Capacity Planning System (CPS)1; 1.5 Favorite Innovation: The Search for Production Efficiency; 1.5.1 Outcome of Long Throughput Times; 1.5.2 Remarkable Innovation: Group Technology; 1.5.3 Remarkable Innovation: Numerical Control Machines; 1.6 Conclusions; 2 Group Technology; Abstract.
- 2.1 Introduction2.1.1 The Evolution of Group Technology; 2.1.1.1 Benefits of Group Technology; 2.2 Definition of Group Technology; 2.3 Expectations of Group Technology; 2.3.1 Group Technology as Leading Technology; 2.3.2 Predictions for Group Technology; 2.4 Disappointments in Group Technology; 2.4.1 Form Families; 2.4.1.1 Visual Inspection; 2.4.1.2 Production Flow Analysis; 2.4.1.3 Classification and Coding System; 2.4.2 Classification and Coding; 2.4.2.1 Coding Systems; 2.4.3 Creating Part Families1; 2.4.3.1 Design-Oriented Classification and Coding Systems.
- 2.4.3.2 Production-Oriented Classification and Coding Systems2.4.3.3 Resource-Oriented Classification and Coding Systems; 2.5 Summary; References; Further Reading; 3 Numerical Control; Abstract; 3.1 Numerical Control (NC); 3.1.1 CNC and DNC; 3.2 Increased Processing Time; 3.2.1 Automatic Tool Changer; 3.2.2 Automatic Workpiece Loading/Unloading; 3.2.3 Machining Center; 3.3 Auxiliary Manufacturing Hardware; 3.3.1 Industrial Robots; 3.3.2 AGV-Automated Guided Vehicle; 3.3.3 AS/RS Automated Warehouse; 3.4 Remarkable Successes and Disappointments; 3.4.1 Flexible Manufacturing System-FMS.
- 3.4.1.1 FMS Control Planning3.4.2 Flexible Manufacturing Cell-FMC; 3.4.3 Unmanned Factory-The Factory of the Future; 3.4.3.1 Automated Factories in the Year 2000; Difficulty in Forecasting; Future Automated Factory; Automatic Assembly; IE Practices; 3.4.3.2 CIM as a Basis for the Factory of the Future; Future Prospects; Robotics and Artificial Intelligence; Technological Vignette of the Future Factory; 3.4.3.3 Conclusions; 4 Integrated Manufacturing Systems; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Manufacturing Concepts and Objectives; 4.2 Traditional Manufacturing Approach.
- 4.2.1 Basic Notions of a Hierarchical Approach4.2.1.1 The "Best" Routing for the Job; 4.2.1.2 Maximum Production Optimization; 4.2.1.3 The Larger the Quantity, the Better the Productivity; 4.3 Computer Integrated Manufacturing; 4.4 Overview of Manufacturing Proposal Methods; 4.4.1 List of Manufacturing Methods; 4.4.2 Detailed Descriptions of Certain Methods; 4.4.2.1 JIT-Just in Time Manufacturing; Bibliography; 4.4.2.2 TQM-Total Quality Management; Bibliography; 4.4.2.3 Lean Manufacturing; Bibliography; 4.5 Summary; 5 Analysis and Restoration; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction.