Handbook of Manufacturing and Supply Systems Design: From Strategy Formulations to System Operation

by Wu; Bin

• ISBN13: 9780415269025
• ISBN10: 0415269024
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-20
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Manufacturing Systems Management (MSM) is a functional domain that involves all of the activities for regulating and optimizing a manufacturing system as it progresses through its life cycle. These include the tasks of strategic analysis, design, implementation, operations and monitoring. Handbook of Manufacturing and Supply Systems Design: From Strategy Formulation to System Operation proposes a conceptual MSM framework based on some key principles of systems theory, which draws extensively on the relevant methodologies and techniques set out in the literature and on data gathered from industrial practice. This framework specifies the key functional areas of MSM, outlines the contents and relationships between them, and then logically integrates them in a closed-loop to allow the development of a set of consistent parameters and procedures. It enables an understanding of the problem domain, and provides guidance for the development of a set of consistent parameters and procedures. The handbook describes how a prototype of this framework has been used in the structuring and implementation of a computer-aided manufacturing system design environment. The application of certain key aspects of this framework within a number of industrial companies is also described. This sets the scene for a new generation of on-line manufacturing software systems, and should provide the knowledge to manage system design or re-design projects more effectively. Also included is a self-contained workbook, which provides a step-by-step guide through the complete cycle of manufacturing systems management, manufacturing systems design and manufacturing systems operation. Senior undergraduates and graduates students, as well as manufacturing engineers, should find this an up-to-date and thorough text.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
A Unified Framework of Manufacturing Systems and Supply Management	1	(54)
Introduction	1	(1)
Background and Key Issues	2	(4)
Systems Approach to MS Management	6	(5)
The Main MSM Functional Areas	11	(16)
Cases of Industrial Application	27	(25)
Conclusion	52	(3)
Manufacturing and Supply Strategy Analysis	55	(74)
Introduction	55	(1)
Stage MSA 1 --- Background Analysis	56	(15)
Stage MSA 2 --- Basis for Competitive Requirements	71	(17)
Stage MSA 3 --- Key Issues	88	(16)
Stage MSA 4 --- Strategic Aims	104	(25)
MS Strategy and System Design Interfacing	129	(42)
Introduction	129	(1)
Stage MSA/MSD 1 --- Strategy Initiatives	130	(8)
Stage MSA/MSD 2 --- MSD Project Planning	138	(33)
Execution of MS System Design Tasks	171	(64)
Introduction	171	(1)
MSD Problem-Solving Cycle: A Generic Task Document	171	(2)
MSD Task Outputs Within the MS System's Structure	173	(4)
MSD Tasks --- System Functions	177	(9)
MSD Tasks --- System Structure	186	(4)
MSD Tasks --- System Decision	190	(3)
MSD Tasks --- Physical Facilities	193	(3)
MSD Tasks --- Information and Control	196	(6)
MSD Tasks --- Human and Organization	202	(5)
Cross-checking	207	(28)
MS System Implementation	235	(14)
Introduction	235	(1)
Processes of Implementation	236	(13)
MS Performance Measurement and System Status Monitoring	249	(20)
Introduction	249	(2)
MPM --- Specifications of Strategy-Oriented Measures	251	(11)
MSM --- MS System Status Monitoring	262	(7)
Institutionalization of MSM --- Application and Tools	269	(10)
Introduction	269	(1)
Case A: MSM Enabled Organization	270	(4)
Case B: Online Operation Procedures and Training	274	(5)
Selected Bibliography	279	(2)
List of Task Documents and Worksheets	281	(4)
Index	285