Publisher's Synopsis
The text Industrial Production Management in Flexible Manufacturing Systems addresses the present discussions surrounding flexible production systems based on automation, robotics and cybernetics as they continue to replace the traditional production systems. It also covers issues related to the use of multi-servicing in the operational management of the industrial production and its scheduling systems. The aim of first chapter is to examine the impact of the degree of adoption of flexible manufacturing technology (FMT) on the technical efficiency of the manufacturing industry of Malaysia. Second chapter explores the impact of the adoption of flexible manufacturing technology (FMT) on the Malaysian manufacturing industry. Third chapter focuses on the applications of six preference ranking methods for effectively solving the FMS selection problems. A Markovian approach on quality evaluation in flexible manufacturing systems has been presented in fourth chapter. The aim of fifth chapter is to solve a real-world machine loading problem with an objective of balancing the workload of the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) with decreased computational time. The objective of sixth chapter is to determine the optimal policy for production system, which maximizes the total profit subject to some constraints under consideration. Seventh chapter focuses on routing flexibility, which is the ability to manufacture a part type via several routes and/or to perform different operations on more than one machine. Eighth chapter demonstrates the importance of incorporating and solving the machining optimization problem jointly with part selection and machine loading problems in order to avoid unbalanced workload in the FMS. Ninth chapter presents the sufficient conditions for deadlock to exist in a flexible manufacturing technology. A centralized reverse channel structure with flexible manufacturing under the stock out situation has been presented in tenth chapter. A critical review of machine loading problem in flexible manufacturing system has been proposed in eleventh chapter. Twelfth chapter discusses about flexible manufacturing technology of continuous process (CP) enterprise. The purposes of last chapter are to study and compare the UNIDO-ACMA model of lean implementation and validate the ISM model through comparison with UNIDO- ACMA model.
