Flexibility in Component Manufacturing Systems: Practice, Strategy and Optimization for Aerospace and Automotive Component Manufacturing Systems - Softcover

Hauser, Dominic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639220161 ISBN 13: 9783639220162

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Synopsis

Traditionally, parts fabrication in the aerospace and automotive industries has been associated with a number of manufacturing processes. The traditional metrics for assessing competing processes are quality, cost and production rate. Increasingly, however, market driven uncertainties are starting to dominate fabrication process design and selection. Two types of uncertainties are of particular interest: demand fluctuations and part specification changes. This book surveys flexibility strategies and practices that allow enterprises to quickly and cost effectively respond to changes in both demand and specification. The literature on parts fabrication flexibility is thoroughly reviewed and the discussion is augmented with data and interviews obtained from a number of companies. A simple case study is worked out in order to illustrate the fundamental metrics and mathematics involved in assessing parts manufacturing flexibility. It is shown that production volume remains an important ingredient of any flexibility strategy, leading to different regimes for the aerospace and automotive industries.

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About the Author

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich with majors in Virtual Production and Technology Management. Worked several years in technical planning at ThyssenKrupp Presta, Liechtenstein. Currently at ThyssenKrupp Presta Cold Forging in Danville, IL, U.S.A. as Sales, Quality & Logistics Manager.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639220161
• ISBN 13: 9783639220162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160