Shop Floor Control Systems
Published on 7. March 1991
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-412-36040-4 (ISBN)
Description
The focus of this book is manufacturing lead time - ie the time from when a batch enters the shop floor to the time it leaves manufacturing as a finished part or product. Typically, this manufacturing lead time is 10 to 20 times the actual processing time. It is the author's contention that this time must be reduced to a level comparable to the actual processing time. This, they explain can be achieved by the use of sound operational planning and control systems. To reinforce this the major concern of this book is operational level production planning and control systems normally referred to as shop floor control systems. The text suggests that conventional commercially available computer based systems are very weak on this aspect of production planning and control. It recommends an approach to the development and installation of sophisticated shop floor control(SFC) systems which is a social technical approach to design and installation and develops a set of software tools to support the development and installation of these systems. The overall approach is verified by an industrial case study which concludes the book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
610 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-36040-4 (9780412360404)
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Content
Part 1 Overview: A background to shop floor control systems; the just in time approach to production management; an overview of requirements planning (MRP and MRP 2); guidelines for the development and installation of production planning and control systems; an architecture for production planning and control. Part 2 A functional architecture for shop floor control systems: an architecture for shop floor control systems; a structured functional model for shop floor control. Part 3 An information technology architecture for shop floor control: overview; technology implementation technologies for shop floor control systems. Part 4 State-of-the-art review: a review of scheduling strategies; a review of production environment design strategies. Part 5 The implementation of shop floor control systems: overview; an approach to the implementation of factory co-ordination and production activity control systems; a design tool for shop floor control systems. Part 6 An implementation of a PAC system: overview; the environment of the case study; implementation of a PAC system.