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Importance of Flexibility in Manufacturing Systems

Author(s) -

Héctor Kaschel,

Luis Manuel Sánchez y Bernal

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

international journal of computers communications and control

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.422

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1841-9844

pISSN - 1841-9836

DOI - 10.15837/ijccc.2006.2.2285

Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , computer science , production (economics) , product (mathematics) , manufacturing engineering , flexible manufacturing system , reliability engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , operations management , business , engineering , mathematics , statistics , geometry , economics , macroeconomics , scheduling (production processes)

Flexibility refers to the ability of a manufacturing system to respond cost effectively and rapidly to changing production needs and requirements. This capabil- ity is becoming increasingly important for the design and operation of manufacturing systems, as these systems do operate in highly variable and unpredictable environ- ments. It is important to system designers and managers to know of different levels of flex- ibility and / or determine the amount of flexibility required to achieve a certain level of performance. This paper shows several representations schemes for product flexi- bility and discusses the usefulness and limitations of each.

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