Future production systems: Influence of self-organization on approaches to quality engineering

Massotte, Pierre; Bataille, Roland

doi:10.1016/s0925-5273(99)00072-9

Cited by 18 publications

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“…Note, however, that, contrary to the waiting time criterion to be studied in the present paper and which mostly characterizes leisure and hospitality systems, the HB features in Erramilli and Forys (1991), Kumara et al (2003) and Surana et al (2005) Wycisk et al (2008). The actual impact of decentralized management and of the resulting self-organization on process and product quality is addressed in Massotte and Bataille (2000). In close connection to actual production issues, let us also mention the recent contributions devoted to RealTime Queueing Systems (RTQS) (Baldwin et al, 2000;Doytchinov et al, 2001;Lehoczky, 1997).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 79%

Circulation of autonomous agents in production and service networks

Gallay

Hongler

2009

International Journal of Production Economics

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a b s t r a c tThe inherent complexity characterizing production and/or service networks strongly favors decentralized and self-organizing mechanisms to regulate the flows of matter and information in circulation. This basic observation motivates us to study the flow dynamics in queueing networks roamed by autonomous agents which, at a given time and at a given vertex location, select their routing according to (individual) historical data (such as waiting times) collected during their past progression in the network. For several simple network configurations and despite the intrinsically non-Markovian character of the dynamics, we are able to discuss analytically the emerging collective dynamics that such a circulation of autonomous agents generates. Feedback loops in the network topology coupled with the presence of delays in the routing selection mechanisms produce a wealth of dynamical phenomena like self-sustained generically stable oscillations, spatio-temporal patterns, stabilization by noise phenomena and oscillator synchronization that are explicitly discussed in this paper.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 79%

Circulation of autonomous agents in production and service networks

Gallay

Hongler

2009

International Journal of Production Economics

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“…Ref. [28] defines self-organization as the integration of autonomy and learning capabilities within autopoietic entities. The project manager is an autonomous and intelligent actor or agent whose behavior is not strictly programmed, nor perfectly definable a priori and it is not predictable.…”

Section: Project-based Fractal Management Unitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enterprise modeling of a project-oriented fractal company for SMEs networking

Canavesio

Martínez

2007

Computers in Industry

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“…Hassan et al (2000) also point out the challenges of Kolarik's new paradigm, concluding that traditional quality tools appear to be insufficient to cope with advances in technology that support this paradigm, no longer being sufficient to handle emerging needs characterized by customized quality, low production quantity, automated processing, defect prevention at the design stage, and real-time monitoring/diagnosing and controlling of process variations. Massotte and Bataille (2000) argue that future production systems capable of producing many and rapidly changing product variants and product features have considerable implications for the methods and techniques used for monitoring and controlling quality. They consider that small batch manufacturing and imprecise data rule out the implementation of conventional statistical process control techniques and tools.…”

Section: Quality Challenges Of Mass Customisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in mass customisation

Brabazon¹,

MacCarthy²

2007

IJMASSC

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The business philosophy of Mass Customisation (MC) implies rapid response to customer requests, high efficiency and limited cost overheads of customisation. Furthermore, it also implies the quality benefits of the mass production paradigm are guaranteed. However, traditional quality science in manufacturing is premised on volume production of uniform products rather than of differentiated products associated with MC. This creates quality challenges and raises questions over the suitability of standard quality engineering techniques. From an analysis of relevant MC and quality literature it is argued the aims of MC are aligned with contemporary thinking on quality and that quality concepts provide insights into MC. Quality issues are considered along three dimensions -product development, order fulfilment and customer interaction. The applicability and effectiveness of conventional quality engineering techniques are discussed and a framework is presented which identifies key issues with respect to quality for a spectrum of MC strategies.

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Future production systems: Influence of self-organization on approaches to quality engineering

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

Circulation of autonomous agents in production and service networks

Circulation of autonomous agents in production and service networks

Enterprise modeling of a project-oriented fractal company for SMEs networking

Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in mass customisation

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