ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
In an increasing competitive market where offer exceeds demand, developing customervalue is nowadays a key driver of industrial activities. Reducing costs, increasing quality, deliver ontime and the introduction of the right product quickly are unavoidable elements to succeed. A higherproduct variety for mass production and short lead-time are main features of mass customization.Flexibility arises as a productive and competitive factor to face it, of particular interest in assemblysystems, which allow the postponement of final variety, integrating all former tasks of the supplychain. In this scenario, flexibility helps to face uncertainty in decision-making, while the increase ofsystem complexity requires extra control and management efforts. Both flexibility and complexityare briefly reviewed. Next, it is introduced a joint analysis of flexibility and complexity useful fordecision-making. Both are linked to the uncertainty of the possible states of the system and aquantitative approach of general application is presented. Finally, based on a model simulation, afirst case application illustrates product variety increase in an assembly system and some decisionmakingtrade-offs
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/13/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.526.1.pdf
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