Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art

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/npsi/ctrl?lang=en http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?lang=fr Access and use of this website and the material on it are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth at http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=en NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540600905646International Journal of Production Research, 46, 4, pp. 967-992, 2007-05-17 Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: the state of the art Bi, Z.; Lang, S.; Shen, W.http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/irc Re c onfigura ble m a nufa c t uring syst e m s: t he st a t e of t he a rt IMTI-XP-530Bi, Z.; Lang, S.; Shen, W. May 2007A version of this document is published in / Une version de ce document se trouve dans:International Journal of Production Research, 46, (4), pp. 967-992, May 17, 2007, DOI: 10.1080 The material in this document is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission. For more information visit http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/showtdm/cs/C-42Les renseignements dans ce document sont protégés par la Loi sur le droit d'auteur, par les lois, les politiques et les règlements du Canada et des accords internationaux. Ces dispositions permettent d'identifier la source de l'information et, dans certains cas, d'interdire la copie de documents sans permission écrite. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements : http://lois.justice.gc.ca/fr/showtdm/cs/C-42 Abstract: In this paper, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are discussed, and the strategies to meet these requirements are considered. The production paradigms which apply these strategies are also classified. Particular emphasis is put on the paradigm of Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS). Some key issues of the RMS design are discussed, and a critical review is presented concerning the developments of RMSs. Finally, suggestions of the RMS research are made and future research directions are identified. Reconfigurable Keywords: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS),system architecture, system configuration, Open Architecture Control (OAC), reconfigurability, modularity IntroductionDue to excessive production capability and economic globalization, the manufacturing environment becomes turbulent and uncertain. Manufacturing enterprises are forced to reassess their production paradigms, so that a manufacturing system can be designed and operated efficient...

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“…Next, we review the related research problems in system-level design and operations. Different from other general reviews [11,15,16,22], this paper reviews the design and operations of RMSs according to the principles that we have formulated in Section 2.2.…”

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