MMCM - 302 (A) Flexible Competitive Mfg. System

1. MANUFACTURING IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT: Automation of

manufacturing process - Numerical control - Adaptive control - material handling and movement

- Industrial robots - Sensor technology - flexible, fixturing - Design for assembly, disassembly

and service.

2. GROUP TECHNOLOGY: Part families - classification and coding - Production flow

analysis - Machine cell design - Benefits.

3. FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: introduction - Components of FMS -

Application work stations - Computer control and functions - Planning, scheduling and control of

FMS - Scheduling - Knowledge based scheduling - Hierarchy of computer control – Supervisory

computer.

4. COMPUTER SOFTWARE, SIMULATION AND DATABASE oF FMS: System issues-

Types of software - specification and selection - Trends – Application simulation - software -

Manufacturing data systems - data flow - CAD/CAM considerations - Planning FMS database.

5. JUST IN TIME: Characteristics of JIT - Pull method - quality -small lot sizes - work station

loads - close supplier ties - flexible work force - line flow strat."b'Y' - preventive maintenance -

Karban system - strategic implications -implementation issues - ~ARD liT - Lean manufacture.

Reference Books:

1. Groover MP., II Automation, Production System", un" Computer Integrated Manufacturing ",

Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1996

2. .fha, N.K. " Handbook of Flexible Manufacturinj!; Systems ", Academic Press Inc., 1991

3. Kalpakjian, " Manufacturing Engineering and Iechnology ", Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

1995.

4. Taiichi Ohno, Toyota, "Production System Beyond Large-Scale production ", Productivity

Press (India) Pvt. Ltd. , 1992.