Flexible production systems as an answer to a volatile environment

Köhl, Werner; Siedelhofer, Christian; Siegmund, Gunter P.; Schuster, C.; Mayer, Sebastian; Bloemer, A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-21194-3_17

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“…The results of such studies are important because flexibility is a multidimensional concept with many different interpretations and foci (Allvin and Aronsson 2013) which have been defined from a wide range of perspectives (D'Souza and Williams 2000). Firms are aware of the challenges associated with, for example, achieving flexibility in the context of electromobility (Bichler et al 2018;Köhl et al 2018) and they recognize that, despite the existing theoretical and industrial contributions to the field, current mechanisms for identifying approaches for planning flexibility may not be applicable (Kampker et al 2019a).…”

Section: The Design Process Of Flexible Assembly Systemsmentioning

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An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems

Harari

Fundin

2023

Res Eng Design

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Assembly systems require to be designed considering flexibility from a holistic perspective to produce the variety of current and future product generations. Reactive ad hoc changes after realizing both the product and assembly system designs require considerable effort and may even be impossible. A systematic collaborative approach that concurrently considers the early phases of product and assembly system development appears to be essential for working with long-term changes. To this end, a greater understanding of the working procedures and design activities concerning flexibility is required. In this paper, this is investigated based on a theoretical framework and a multiple case study at a world-leading manufacturer of heavy-duty vehicles. As a result, a developed early phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems is presented. The theoretical implications provided and the findings are also relevant to those involved in the design process of flexible assembly systems.

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