Measurement of Production Flexibility

2013 ◽  
pp. 171-202
Keyword(s):  
Production Flexibility

Design of spline surface vacuum gripper for pick and place robotic arms

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
A. S. Jamaludin ◽  
M. N. M. Razali ◽  
N. Jasman ◽  
A. N. A. Ghafar ◽  
M. A. Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Cycle Time ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
Annealing Process ◽  
Vacuum Suction ◽  
Robotic Arms ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
Manufacturing Procedure ◽  
Production Flexibility ◽  
The Impact

The gripper is the most important part in an industrial robot. It is related with the environment around the robot. Today, the industrial robot grippers have to be tuned and custom made for each application by engineers, by searching to get the desired repeatability and behaviour. Vacuum suction is one of the grippers in Watch Case Press Production (WCPP) and a mechanism to improve the efficiency of the manufacturing procedure. Pick and place are the important process for the annealing process. Thus, by implementing vacuum suction gripper, the process of pick and place can be improved. The purpose of vacuum gripper other than design vacuum suction mechanism is to compare the effectiveness of vacuum suction gripper with the conventional pick and place gripper. Vacuum suction gripper is a mechanism to transport part and which later sequencing, eliminating and reducing the activities required to complete the process. Throughout this study, the process pick and place became more effective, the impact on the production of annealing process is faster. The vacuum suction gripper can pick all part at the production which will lower the loss of the productivity. In conclusion, vacuum suction gripper reduces the cycle time about 20%. Vacuum suction gripper can help lower the cycle time of a machine and allow more frequent process in order to increase the production flexibility.

scholarly journals Production Flexibility in Extensive Beef Farming Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Astigarraga ◽  
Stéphane Ingrand
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
Production Flexibility

Raising the Decision-Making Level to Improve the Enterprise-Wide Production Flexibility

AIChE Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 1588-1598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavio Manenti ◽  
Giulia Bozzano ◽  
Matteo D'Isanto ◽  
Nadson Murilo Nascimento Lima ◽  
Lamia Zuniga Linan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Production Flexibility

scholarly journals Revisiting firm flexibility and efficiency: evidence from the EU dairy processing industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 971-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hirsch ◽  
Ashok Mishra ◽  
Niklas Möhring ◽  
Robert Finger
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Firm Efficiency ◽  
Dairy Processing ◽  
Production Flexibility ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Flexibility Measures ◽  
The Eu

Abstract We analyse the flexibility of EU dairy processors to adjust production to fluctuating economic conditions. For a set of 2,186 firms, we derive production flexibility measures representing the effect of output variations on costs. The results reveal that flexibility is highest in Poland and Italy and lowest in Spain. Several firm-specific factors, such as size and age of the firm, are found to affect firm flexibility. Moreover, we detect a tradeoff between flexibility and technical efficiency for large firms indicating that a sole focus on firm efficiency can be insufficient. Finally, the results show that during economic crisis flexibility can help to sustain profitability.

Agile production, innovation and technological cooperation

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-615
Author(s):  
Ángel Martínez Sánchez ◽  
Manuela Pérez-Pérez ◽  
Silvia Vicente-Oliva
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Agile Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Cooperation ◽  
Production Flexibility ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Agile Production

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms the relationship between agile manufacturing and the firm’s management capacities related to innovation and production flexibility. Complementarily the survey addresses the implementation of agile production and its measurement. Design/methodology/approach For data collection, a survey through mail to operations and human resource managers of manufacturing firms and telephonic interviews with managers from 25 selective firms was carried out. The population of the study included firms from the Sistema de Análisis de Balances Ibéricos database with NACE codes 24–32 and at least 200 employees. Quantitative methods (linear hierarchical regression and mean differences) were used to test research hypotheses, and a qualitative method (interview analysis) was used to analyze an implementation and measurement model of agile production. Findings The results of the study show that high-agile firms use more intensively a comprehensive set of agile facilitators (design, manufacturing and supply). They also innovate and cooperate externally more on innovation than low-agile firms. The authors have found that external technological cooperation moderates the firm’s production flexibility. Research limitations/implications The implications of this research indicate, on one hand, that firms interested in implementing agile production should focus on the agility management of supply chains, the skills and knowledge development of human resources and in the implementation of agile manufacturing technologies. On the other hand, firms in less cooperative environments should focus more on their internal manufacturing systems to reinforce the relationship between production flexibility and agility that offers broader scenarios to compete under this production paradigm. The main limitations of the research design are the use of cross-sectional data and the use of managerial perceptions to assess most of the variables. Originality/value This paper offers a model of agile production implementation that it is complemented with measurement indicators to analyze the firm’s evolution toward agility. The combination of multivariate analysis and managers’ interviews to obtain and validate results creates a value for managers interested in agile production.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Feasibility of Thermal Energy Storage System at Riga TPP-2

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 22-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ivanova ◽  
O. Linkevics ◽  
A. Cers
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Storage System ◽  
Thermal Energy Storage System ◽  
Production Flexibility ◽  
Power Plant Operation

Abstract The installation of thermal energy storage system (TES) provides the optimisation of energy source, energy security supply, power plant operation and energy production flexibility. The aim of the present research is to evaluate the feasibility of thermal energy system installation at Riga TPP–2. The six modes were investigated: four for non-heating periods and two for heating periods. Different research methods were used: data statistic processing, data analysis, analogy, forecasting, financial method and correlation and regression method. In the end, the best mode was chosen – the increase of cogeneration unit efficiency during the summer.

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