English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Free Plan

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company (MDHC), designer and manufacturer of military and commercial helicopters, is currently instituting a major modernization program. A resource consolidation project has been initiated as part of this modernization program. One of the primary goals of this project is to consolidate the production resources into a cellular manufacturing environment resulting in a projected reduction in the current manufacturing space requirements by up to 50%. Other goals of the consolidation project include:Reduction in part/lot throughput time.Reduction in work-in-process inventory levels.Reduction in wait-move-queue times.Increase in machine tool utilization.Four key areas are basic to the successful design and implementation of a cellular manufacturing environment:Cell definition.Cell planning.Cell configuration.Cell management.An approach to this project has been formulated that will result in the initial implementation of one prototype manufacturing cell supported by a shared manufacturing resource zone. The following manufacturing technologies have been used to address the above noted areas:Group technology analysis.Simulation modeling.Process flow analysis.Artificial Intelligence.The performance of this cellular manufacturing configuration will be monitored through a data collection system and the results used as the basis for the design and implementation of the remaining manufacturing cells.

Using group technology, simulation and analytic modeling in the design of a cellular manufacturing facility