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Dominik T. Matt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mobile factory network mfn network of flexible and Agile Manufacturing Systems in the construction industry
Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015Co-Authors: Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt, Patrick DallasegaAbstract:The concept of the "On-site Factory" consists in the temporary use of fully functioning mobile mini-factories or production cells at the site of consumption. Mobile Factories are well suitable for situations in the construction industry with long distances and therefore high logistics costs. The advantage of this concept is its economic efficiency combined with a maximum of flexibility and a just-in-time supply. By a high degree of reconfigurability and scalability of the On-site Factory, it can be adapted to its individual mission and the quantity demand at the construction site. This research discusses the need for new and innovative JIT solutions for construction industry and addresses the specific case of networks of mobile on-site factories. The creation of a Mobile Factory Network (MFN) shows an interesting new and innovative business model for decentralized Manufacturing on-site. The research shows a possible form of network structure and organization as well as its advantages and potential for the construction sector.
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Mobile Factory Network (MFN) – Network of Flexible and Agile Manufacturing Systems in the Construction Industry
Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015Co-Authors: Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt, Patrick DallasegaAbstract:The concept of the "On-site Factory" consists in the temporary use of fully functioning mobile mini-factories or production cells at the site of consumption. Mobile Factories are well suitable for situations in the construction industry with long distances and therefore high logistics costs. The advantage of this concept is its economic efficiency combined with a maximum of flexibility and a just-in-time supply. By a high degree of reconfigurability and scalability of the On-site Factory, it can be adapted to its individual mission and the quantity demand at the construction site. This research discusses the need for new and innovative JIT solutions for construction industry and addresses the specific case of networks of mobile on-site factories. The creation of a Mobile Factory Network (MFN) shows an interesting new and innovative business model for decentralized Manufacturing on-site. The research shows a possible form of network structure and organization as well as its advantages and potential for the construction sector.
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enhanced survivability a framework of self healing mechanisms installation using axiomatic design in Agile Manufacturing Systems
2012Co-Authors: Dominik T. MattAbstract:This paper presents a theoretic framework based on Axiomatic Design principles for the installation of self-healing strategies and mechanisms in order to control the effects of the time-dependent combinatorial complexity caused by the uncertainty of maintaining the fulfilment of once defined functional requirements for a production system. With the help of the scenario-technique, time-dependent influence is shown and self-healing strategies are developed, using functional periodicity as a trigger point for their release. A first application of the so developed theoretic framework at a medium-sized manufacturer of consumer durables which shows very promising results will be discussed.
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Axiomatic Design of Agile Manufacturing Systems
Future Manufacturing Systems, 2010Co-Authors: Dominik T. MattAbstract:The trend of shifting abroad personnel-intensive assembly from Europe to foreign countries continues. Manufacturing Systems widely differ in investment, demand and output. Since sales figures can hardly be forecasted, it is necessary to conceptualize highly flexible and adaptable Systems which can be upgraded by more scale-economic solutions during product life cycle, even under extremely difficult forecasting conditions. Unlike flexible Systems, Agile ones are expected to be capable of actively varying their own structure. Due to the unpredictability of change, they are not limited to a pre-defined system range typical for so called flexible Systems but are required to shift between different levels of Systems ranges. Modern Manufacturing Systems are increasingly required to be adaptable to changing market demands, which adds to their structural and operational complexity (Matt, 2005). Thus, one of the major challenges at the early design stages is to select an Manufacturing system configuration that allows both – a high efficiency due to a complexity reduced (static) system design, and a enhanced adaptability to changing environmental requirements without negative impact on system complexity. Organizational functional periodicity is a mechanism that enables the re-initialization of an organization in general and of a Manufacturing system in particular. It is the result of converting the combinatorial complexity caused by the dynamics of socioeconomic Systems into a periodic complexity problem of an organization. Starting from the Axiomatic Design (AD) based complexity theory this chapter investigates on the basis of a long-term study performed in an industrial company the effects of organizational periodicity as a trigger for a regular organizational reset on the agility and the sustainable performance of a Manufacturing system. Besides the presentation of the AD based design template which helps system designers to design efficient and flexible Manufacturing Systems, the main findings of this research can be summarized as follows: organizational functional periodicity depends on environmentally triggered socio-economic changes. The analysis of the economic cycle shows high degrees of periodicity, which can be used to actively trigger a company’s action for change, before market and environment force it to. Along an economic sinus interval of about 9 years, sub-periods are defined that trigger the re-initialization of a Manufacturing system’s set of FRs and thus establish the system’s agility. 9
Patrick Dallasega - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mobile factory network mfn network of flexible and Agile Manufacturing Systems in the construction industry
Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015Co-Authors: Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt, Patrick DallasegaAbstract:The concept of the "On-site Factory" consists in the temporary use of fully functioning mobile mini-factories or production cells at the site of consumption. Mobile Factories are well suitable for situations in the construction industry with long distances and therefore high logistics costs. The advantage of this concept is its economic efficiency combined with a maximum of flexibility and a just-in-time supply. By a high degree of reconfigurability and scalability of the On-site Factory, it can be adapted to its individual mission and the quantity demand at the construction site. This research discusses the need for new and innovative JIT solutions for construction industry and addresses the specific case of networks of mobile on-site factories. The creation of a Mobile Factory Network (MFN) shows an interesting new and innovative business model for decentralized Manufacturing on-site. The research shows a possible form of network structure and organization as well as its advantages and potential for the construction sector.
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Mobile Factory Network (MFN) – Network of Flexible and Agile Manufacturing Systems in the Construction Industry
Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015Co-Authors: Erwin Rauch, Dominik T. Matt, Patrick DallasegaAbstract:The concept of the "On-site Factory" consists in the temporary use of fully functioning mobile mini-factories or production cells at the site of consumption. Mobile Factories are well suitable for situations in the construction industry with long distances and therefore high logistics costs. The advantage of this concept is its economic efficiency combined with a maximum of flexibility and a just-in-time supply. By a high degree of reconfigurability and scalability of the On-site Factory, it can be adapted to its individual mission and the quantity demand at the construction site. This research discusses the need for new and innovative JIT solutions for construction industry and addresses the specific case of networks of mobile on-site factories. The creation of a Mobile Factory Network (MFN) shows an interesting new and innovative business model for decentralized Manufacturing on-site. The research shows a possible form of network structure and organization as well as its advantages and potential for the construction sector.
Louis Cloutier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A network approach to operate Agile Manufacturing Systems
International Journal of Production Economics, 2001Co-Authors: Jean-marc Frayret, Sophie D'amours, Benoit Montreuil, Louis CloutierAbstract:Abstract This paper presents and illustrates a strategic framework for designing and operating Agile networked Manufacturing Systems. This framework allows to collaboratively plan, control and manage day-to-day operations and contingencies in a dynamic environment. The first section summarizes the NetMan organizational and collaboration strategy. It consists of a dynamic business method to organize and operate Manufacturing activities through the configuration, activation and operation of a distributed network of inter-dependent and responsible Manufacturing centers. Next, the concepts underlying this strategic framework as well as the technical implications of such an approach, are illustrated, using a detailed case study inspired by a motorcoach industrial partner.
Chin Sheng Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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analysis of the structural measures of flexibility and agility using a measurement theoretical framework
International Journal of Production Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Ronald E Giachetti, Luis D Martinez, Oscar A Saenz, Chin Sheng ChenAbstract:Abstract Manufacturing firms have great interest in developing flexible and Agile Manufacturing Systems. These Manufacturing system strategies seek to leverage the inherent properties of the technologies and Systems for competitive advantage. Measurement has always played a role in planning and managing these complex Systems. Most measurement Systems concentrate on operational measures of the system, however, many of the Manufacturing strategies are based on structural properties embodied in the system architecture, technology resources, and system control policies. We present a measurement framework to analyze measures of structural properties of the enterprise system. The measurement framework provides a mathematical foundation for formalizing our intuition of what constitutes a measure. Our analysis reveals undesirable properties of some measures, mainly because they are developed without any formal basis. The measurement framework can provide a consistent basis for specifying and using measures, which will empower system designers to better incorporate desirable structural properties to align system design with enterprise strategy.
Rakesh Nagi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A review of Agile Manufacturing Systems
International Journal of Production Research, 2001Co-Authors: Luis M. Sanchez, Rakesh NagiAbstract:About a decade ago, the Agile Manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing 'new economy' and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means different things to different enterprises under different contexts, the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism (possibly resulting in virtual corporations), by a strategic vision that enables thriving in face of continuous and unpredictable change, by the responsive creation and delivery of customer-valued, high quality and mass customized goods/services, by nimble organization structures of a knowledgeable and empowered workforce, and facilitated by an information infrastructure that links constituent partners in a unified electronic network. During this period, a significant amount of attention from both the academic and industrial communities has produced a large body of results in research and development related to this topic. Each contrib...
