Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 7 Issue 3
Table of contents
Integrated design for low production volume, large, complex products
Gary Wallace, Peter SackettThe benefits of integrated design and manufacturing systems in mid to high volume production are widely accepted. The low production volume, large component size and high…
An artificial, intelligence‐based production scheduler
Alberto De Toni, Guido Nassimbeni, Stefano TonchiaDescribes a production scheduler, which utilizes a hybrid push/pull approach to scheduling and exploits the expert system technology in order to obtain satisfactory solutions. The…
Manufacturing system constructs: the need for resource alignment
Bob BarkerArgues that all manufacturing organizations contain the same basic elements needed to be world class, but some perform much better than others through attention to integration and…
Striving for better operations management practices in New Zealand and Australian manufacturing firms
Tom BatleyCompetition in New Zealand and Australian markets for manufactured goods has increased in the last five years. Reduced government licensing and trade barriers have been major…
A decision‐support system for scheduling in a customer‐oriented manufacturing environment
Molu Olumolade, Douglas NorrieAn intelligent decision‐support system was designed for assessing schedulability prior to assigning parts for scheduling. This was designed as part of a larger system for…
Aircraft engine overhaul system: a prototype for integrating multi‐vendor platforms in a static computer‐integrated manufacturing environment
Mohammad Mohammad, Jerry Sayers, Andrew J. Czuchry, Mahmoud YasinDescribes the development of an application for a computer‐integrated manufacturing environment which facilitates the communication links between different sub‐systems of the…