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Economic Analysis of a High‐volume Flexible Manufacturing System by High‐speed Processing
Author(s) -
Fujii Susumu,
Morita Hiroshi,
Tatsuta Yasuto,
Takata Yoshiharu
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international transactions in operational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.032
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1475-3995
pISSN - 0969-6016
DOI - 10.1111/1475-3995.00353
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , volume (thermodynamics) , high energy , flexible manufacturing system , production line , productivity , computer science , automotive engineering , manufacturing engineering , production (economics) , cylinder , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering , operations management , statistics , physics , mathematics , engineering physics , quantum mechanics , scheduling (production processes) , economics , macroeconomics
Agility in manufacturing requires a quick response to the changes in quantity of products without losing productivity. A high‐volume flexible manufacturing system (HV‐FMS) attains the high flexibility as well as the high volume production. We consider in this paper the energy‐saving effect of HV‐FMS from the viewpoint of consumed electric power. We take a production system of cylinder heads for automobile engines as a subject in this study, and draw a comparison of the energy‐saving effect between HV‐FMS and flexible transfer line to verify the effectiveness of HV‐FMS. Moreover, we discuss the economic effect of high‐speed processing at HV‐FMS. We measure the energy‐saving effect by high‐speed processing and give the permissible level for additional tooling cost.