Tailored Reconfigurability:A Comparative Study of Eight Industrial Cases with Reconfigurability as a Key to Manufacturing Competitiveness
| Autor: | Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Ann-Louise Andersen, Kjeld Nielsen, Bjørn Borsøe Christensen, Mads Bejlegaard, Daniel G. H. Sorensen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Benyoucef, Lyes |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Andersen, A-L, Brunø, T D, Christensen, B, Bejlegaard, M, Sorensen, D G H & Nielsen, K 2020, Tailored Reconfigurability : A Comparative Study of Eight Industrial Cases with Reconfigurability as a Key to Manufacturing Competitiveness . in L Benyoucef (ed.), Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems : From Design to Implementation . Springer, Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing, pp. 209-245 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28782-5_11 Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing ISBN: 9783030287818 |
| Popis: | Reconfigurable manufacturing systems possess the advantages of being both rapidly responsive to changes in products and demand, as well as being cost-effective in terms of productivity and system lifetime extension. Based on the design principles of modularity, integrability, customization, and diagnosability, rapid reconfiguration of functionality and capacity can be accomplished on various system levels from equipment level to complete factories, in order to respond specifically to company-specific drivers and requirements of change. Therefore, reconfigurability can be designed to appear in a vast array of forms when implemented in practice, in order to provide company-specific responsiveness to change and contribute to increase manufacturing competitiveness. In this chapter, insights from eight case studies conducted in manufacturing companies transitioning towards reconfigurability is presented, with particular focus on drivers of reconfigurability, expected potentials, and on how the appropriate reconfigurable system concept is designed in accordance, covering structuring level, enablers, and their realization. Through these case studies, a diversity of reconfigurability applications are identified and compared, which leads to propositions on generic aspects of reconfigurability applications in practice linked to company characteristics. Thus, the chapter not only contributes with knowledge of industrial applications of reconfigurability, but also addresses reconfigurability as a multifaceted capability that needs to be designed and tailored to suit the specific company and its context, in order to be a key to increased manufacturing competitiveness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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