Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems

This research is timely because many High Technology Product Producing Factories (HTPPF) are still following the trend of factories that produces the likes of canned food or even cars where all machines are jointed from start to end (Towill, 2010). These HTPPF have not realized that improvements to...

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Main Authors: Karunakaran, P., Osman, M.S
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Language:English
Published: IJMERR 2012
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description This research is timely because many High Technology Product Producing Factories (HTPPF) are still following the trend of factories that produces the likes of canned food or even cars where all machines are jointed from start to end (Towill, 2010). These HTPPF have not realized that improvements to product must be done everyday to keep market share. And to perform research continuously, buffers in-between production machines is a necessity. The absence of this has caused a number of hard disk manufacturers to close down, especially in Japan and Taiwan (notably Sony, NEC, Matsushita and Trace), which are leaders in joining up production lines from start to end. It is due to this that currently 90% of hard disks are produced by Western Digital and Seagate, with Toshiba having 10% market share.
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spelling unimas-30452015-03-24T00:50:05Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3045/ Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems Karunakaran, P. Osman, M.S TS Manufactures This research is timely because many High Technology Product Producing Factories (HTPPF) are still following the trend of factories that produces the likes of canned food or even cars where all machines are jointed from start to end (Towill, 2010). These HTPPF have not realized that improvements to product must be done everyday to keep market share. And to perform research continuously, buffers in-between production machines is a necessity. The absence of this has caused a number of hard disk manufacturers to close down, especially in Japan and Taiwan (notably Sony, NEC, Matsushita and Trace), which are leaders in joining up production lines from start to end. It is due to this that currently 90% of hard disks are produced by Western Digital and Seagate, with Toshiba having 10% market share. IJMERR 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3045/1/Optimization%20of%20a%20flexible%20manufacturing%20system%20%28FMS%29%20for%20high%20technology%20product%20producing%20factory%20via%20the%20modularization%20of%20production%20systems.pdf Karunakaran, P. and Osman, M.S (2012) Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, 1 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2278-0149 http://ijmerr.com/ijmerradmin/upload/ijmerr_4f96e01cd0ca6.pdf
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Karunakaran, P.
Osman, M.S
Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title_full Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title_fullStr Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title_short Optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
title_sort optimization of a flexible manufacturing system (fms) for high technology product producing factory via the modularization of production systems
topic TS Manufactures
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