Core Characteristics of Reconfigurability and their Influencing Elements

Napoleone, Alessia; Pozzetti, Alessandro; Macchi, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.244

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“…To better understand the enablers that facilitate the reconfigurability of supply chains, Biswas ( 2017 ) conducted an empirical study to identify the enablers of each reconfigurability characteristic in order to facilitate reconfiguration in the supply chain. Napoleone et al, ( 2018a , 2018b ) analyzed RMS characteristics after having summarized the articles dealing with reconfigurability and its characteristics. They revealed the importance of the six characteristics affecting the reconfiguration effort through reconfiguration time and cost as well as the ramp-up time.…”

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“…Napoleone et al ( 2018b ) believed that the factory and segment levels as well as the system and cell levels can be associated. Reconfigurability can refers to the four levels: The network level and the workstation level which have the same definitions proposed by (Wiendahl & Heger, 2004 ), The system level is defined as a set of interconnected subsystems composed of groups of workstations and material handling systems used for the production of a variation of products or product families.…”

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The COVID 19 pandemic, fluctuating demand, market uncertainty and the emergence of new technologies explain the need for a more flexible and agile supply chain. In fact, several important factors should be taken into account in the process of building an adaptive and reconfigurable supply chain. Reconfigurability is used to measure quantitatively the capability of supply chain to change easily their structure and functions. The aim of this work is to evaluate the level of reconfigurability of a supply chain. Quantitative measures of six indicators that characterize reconfigurability are presented in this paper. Then, an index of reconfigurability in supply chain is developed based on The Multi-Attribute Utility Theory in order to choose the most reconfigurable configuration. An illustrative example is also given. From the discussion, it is deduced that the characteristics of the reconfigurable supply chain impacts positively on the degree of reconfigurability.

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“…3) Coordination rules and related IT support [19]: these elements may be defined at both WL and SL. Rules are ME even if the possibility to benefit of the IT support is also related to the connectivity of production resources.…”

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“…Possibility to vary sequences of operations and related IT support: this element may be defined at SL as a ME, however it also depends on PE, such as the presence of functional redundancies of workstations/ functional units [19] and specific fea-tures of the material handling system [6], [20]. Examples related to this element are opportunities and decisions on machines relocation [35] and material handling redirections [35].…”

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Reconfigurable Manufacturing: A Classification of Elements Enabling Convertibility and Scalability

Napoleone

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Pozzetti

et al. 2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Reconfigurable manufacturing, providing capacity and functionality on demand, is an ever more important factor of competitiveness in volatile, unpredictable , and rapidly changing markets. In this regard, scalability and convertibil-ity are considered particularly relevant characteristics, as they directly reduce re-configuration effort and enhance system responsiveness. However, in previous research, scalability and convertibility have predominately been addressed conceptually on a high level of abstraction with only limited consideration of how specific manufacturing elements can enhance and realize them. Therefore, the objective of this paper is first to identify and classify elements enabling scalability and convertibility in order to bring reconfigurability-related concepts closer to the world of practitioners. Moreover, as a result, the paper concretizes scalability and convertibility and provides a foundation for future empirical research on recon-figurability.

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“…Only diagnosability, the sixth reconfigurability characteristic defined by Wang et al [51], has not been kept for reconfigurability measurement in this study. Diagnosability is not a critical enabler for reconfiguration and is mainly influenced by the technology exploited for detection and diagnosis and the number of diagnostic equipment on the line [30,44]. In the proposed approach, diagnosis equipment is not considered and not included in models and simulations.…”

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Framework for the design and evaluation of a reconfigurable production system based on movable robot integration

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Roucoules

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Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Enterprises now face a global, dynamic, and unpredictable economic environment. In response to quick changes of the demand, the production needs to have the ability to adapt rapidly to meet the production requirements. The Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) paradigm enables such capabilities. However, defining design and reconfiguration rules is highly challenging, as it requires a broad knowledge encompassing the inclusion of technological, production, and economic metrics, as well as an understanding of a reconfiguration strategy, determining the necessary reconfiguration frequency of the system. For now, no global methodology taking all those aspects into account has been proposed. This article presents an original framework for the design, evaluation, and reconfiguration of the Reconfigurable Production System (RPS). New metrics to measure reconfigurability are defined. The design approach consists in three main steps which are individually developed. The selection of the appropriated production system is based on the comparison of reconfigurability and productivity indicators. Finally, the reconfiguration strategy is presented. The methodology is applied on a case study from the automotive industry.

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Core Characteristics of Reconfigurability and their Influencing Elements

Cited by 17 publications

References 38 publications

New metrics for measuring supply chain reconfigurability

New metrics for measuring supply chain reconfigurability

Reconfigurable Manufacturing: A Classification of Elements Enabling Convertibility and Scalability

Framework for the design and evaluation of a reconfigurable production system based on movable robot integration

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