Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a state-of-the-art review

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an organized review of existing research on reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS). The paper considers majority of the prominent research articles in the domain of RMS published ever since RMS was envisaged in 1997.Design/methodology/approachThe paper systematically reviews, classifies and analyses the published literature on postulations and design of RMSs. The general observations from the literature and research gaps recognized thereon are highlighted at the end of each section/sub-section.FindingsThe paper reveals important aspects related to RMS research since its inception. It also recognizes the areas of RMS research requiring more focus. The study also highlights open issues and future directions for further research.Practical implicationsThe literature in the domain of RMS has so far been narrow. This paper reviews the prominent research in this field and presents an overview of its conceptual developments and various mathematical models for the RMS design and its optimization so far developed by the researchers. Further, manufacturing advancements and future directions have also been proposed for the efficient execution of RMS paradigm in manufacturing industries.Originality/valueThe paper provides an organized listing of published research work in the field of RMS. This work will provide an insight to the researchers, practitioners and others related directly or indirectly to this field to develop and understand better strategies for supervising and controlling the smooth implementation of RMS.

Reconfigurable manufacturing system: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda

“…They identified most frequently used solution approaches for optimization problems along with their classification. Also, Khanna (2019) conducted state-of-the-art review of RMS articles in order to classify and analyze them. He revealed several aspects related to RMS research and concluded that the field needs more focus for its growth.…”

Reconfigurability improvement in Industry 4.0: a hybrid genetic algorithm-based heuristic approach for a co-generation of setup and process plans in a reconfigurable environment

“…Reconfigurable manufacturing system is one of the NGMS, which is designed to be responsive towards the unintended changes in product demands and variety. Several reviews of RMS are conducted in the literature in an attempt to organise the existing body of research in this field, like: Yelles-Chaouche et al ( 2020), Khanna and Kumar (2019), Bortolini et al (2018), Koren et al (2018),…(Yelles-Chaouche et al 2020), a review of the RMS literature is presented, based on the optimisation problems studied and the approaches proposed. The authors classified the studies into four categories, namely RMS design, production planning and scheduling, layout design, and line balancing and re-balancing problems.…”

“…The authors classified the studies into four categories, namely RMS design, production planning and scheduling, layout design, and line balancing and re-balancing problems. In the literature review presented in Khanna and Kumar (2019), a focus is made on the RMS responsiveness, the RMS conceptual developments, the part family formation, and RMS design problems. Koren et al (2018), devised the operational and the design principles for RMS and then according to the formulated principles, the literature review of RMS design and operation research problems is presented.…”

Towards an Industry-Applicable Design Methodology for Developing Reconfigurable Manufacturing

“…Literature reviews have also been conducted (e.g. [3,25]) remarking that both the design and operation domains need further research. The main conclusion similar in all reviews is the need for practical guidelines driving industrial companies in the transition toward the RMS paradigm.…”