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Enabling the identification of multi-product assembly system architectures – a new method and its application in the automotive industry.
- Source :
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Journal of Engineering Design . Apr2024, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p359-389. 31p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Product variety, in combination with today's unstable market environment, brings strong challenges to manufacturing firms. Single-product assembly systems become difficult to implement as the return on investment is difficult to obtain with decreasing lot sizes and unstable customer demands. Multi-product assembly systems are a possible solution to this problem, as they allow to compensate demand fluctuations throughout the product mix. However, variety is a strong barrier to this kind of production systems. A new method is presented in this paper to identify multi-product assembly system architectures adapted to a product family, based on the identification of components for common positioning. This method has been applied to a supplier in the automotive industry and a return of experience of this case study is provided, highlighting its potentials and barriers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09544828
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Engineering Design
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176211984
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2024.2318991