Design And Analysis Of Integrated Manufacturing Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Integrated Manufacturing Systems: An Overview -- REFERENCES -- Manufacturing Systems: Meeting the Competitive Challenge -- REFERENCES -- Design and Analysis of Integrated Electronics Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- A LEARNING EXPERIENCE -- Do Not Accept Process Performance As It Is -- Do Not Do the Wrong Thing a Bit Faster -- Surviving a Model Change -- Avoid Suboptimal Use of Computing Technology -- The Culture Phenomenon -- DIRECTIONS -- A Corporate Focus -- A Manufacturing Technology Board -- A Corporate Manufacturing Officer -- A Manufacturing and Distribution Council -- Internal Manufacturing R&D Capabilities -- High-Visibility Projects -- Methodology -- PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION -- SUCCESSES -- CONCLUSION -- NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Engineering -- Capacity -- Simulation Models -- Design -- Operations -- Data Analysis and Monitoring -- Quality -- Reliability -- Scheduling -- Flexible Machining in an Integrated System -- INTRODUCTION -- PLANNING THE SYSTEM -- The Factory Automation Life Cycle -- Candidate System -- System Specification -- Cost/Benefit Analysis -- Development System -- Cost/Benefit Verification -- Implementing the System -- Cost/Benefit Tracking -- OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A FLEXIBLE MACHINING CELL -- A SECOND-GENERATION FLEXIBLE MACHINING SYSTEM -- FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES -- REFERENCES -- Material Handling in Integrated Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT ARE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS? -- THE BARRIERS TO CREATING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- DESIGNING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- SELLING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- SPECIFYING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- AUTOMATION'S REPORT CARD -- INTELLIGENT MATERIAL HANDLING -- Less Material Movement -- Less Material Storage -- Less Material Control.

MATERIAL HANDLING: ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT -- The Status of Material Handling Analysis -- Material Handling Development Needs -- Systems Design Needs -- Interface Needs -- Hardware and Software Needs -- A RECOMMENDED APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- Designing an Information System for Integrated Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- SYSTEM INTEGRATION -- Integration Criteria -- Subsystem Needs -- Data Consistency -- System Planning -- ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR CIM TECHNOLOGIES -- Distributed Systems -- Architecture for Distributed Open Heterogeneous Systems -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Integration and Flexibility of Software for Integrated Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- SYSTEMS OF INTEREST -- A PERCEPTION OF CURRENT PRACTICE -- THE APPROACH TO SOFTWARE COMPONENTS AND THEIR ASSEMBLAGES -- EUCLIDEAN AND LOGICAL VIEWS -- Distributed Language Environment -- Formal Semantic Models -- Generic Software Components -- AN APPLICATION -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Process and Economic Models for Manufacturing Operations -- INTRODUCTION -- ACHIEVING THE DESIGN INTENT -- Representation of the Physical Object -- Tolerancing of the Drawing -- Process Determination -- Trade-Offs Among Features, Tolerances, Quality, and Cost -- PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN MANUFACTURING -- MODELS OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES -- Process Knowledge -- Phenomenological Process Models -- Empirical Process Models -- PROCESS ECONOMICS -- Generalized Economic Objective Function -- Constraints on the Objective Function -- Optimization Strategies -- Control Strategies -- PROCESS DEVELOPMENT -- Development of New Processes -- PROCESS PLANNING -- NEXT GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS -- Dependence on Human Skill and Attention -- Manufacturing System Design -- Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Justification and Implementation -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- REFERENCES.

A New Perspective on Manufacturing Systems Analysis -- INTRODUCTION -- "TRADITIONAL" MOTIVATION FOR MANUFACTURING ANALYSIS -- THE "JAPANESE WAY"-A DIFFERENT APPROACH -- Complexity -- Uncertainty -- Constraints -- OTHER "NONTRADITIONAL ANALYSIS" SUCCESS STORIES -- Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems -- Optimized Production Technology -- Animation -- Summing up the New Developments -- ROLE OF ANALYSIS IN TODAY'S CONTEXT -- Recent Developments -- Keys to Effective Analysis -- LIFE CYCLE PHASES, ANALYSIS, AND RELATED RESEARCH ISSUES -- Manufacturing System Life Cycle -- Feasibility Analysis (Planning) Phase -- Aggregate Analysis Phase -- Detailed Analysis Phase -- Implementation Phases -- Ongoing Operations Phase -- Obsolescence and Termination -- DESIGH FOR ANALYSIS -- Precedents -- What Is Design for Analysis? -- Example from Solid Modeling -- Example from Manufacturing System Design -- What Design for Analysis Is Not -- Research Potential -- CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgment -- REFERENCES -- Simulation In Designing and Scheduling Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DESIGN -- Physical and Control System Balance -- System Flexibility -- Random System Behavior -- Animation -- SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHEDULING AND CONTROL -- Traditional Scheduling Methods and Their Limitations -- Simulation-Based Scheduling -- One Available Scheduling Tool -- THE FOCUS IN SCHEDULING AND CONTROL VERSUS DESIGN -- Effectiveness of the User Interface -- Support Features for Production Scheduling Models -- Execution of the System -- Data Needs for Production Models -- Reporting Requirements -- Storage of Data in a Data Base -- Ability to Address a Variety of System and Analytic Objectives -- Breadth of Demands on the Models -- Users of Simulation -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- Use and Integration of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Simulation.

Real-Time Data Collection and the Interface with Models -- Data Integration and Distribution -- Interaction and Integration of Simulation with Automated Systems -- Animation as a Formal Modeling Tool -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Human Role in Advanced Manufacturing Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- State of the Art -- Management Issues -- Human Resources Issues -- System Design Issues -- Summary of Issues -- A FRAMEWORK FOR USER-CENTERED DESIGN -- Characterizing Users' Tasks -- Assessing Relative Demands of Tasks -- Identifying Approaches to Support -- Determining Likely Obstacles -- Anticipating User Acceptance Problems -- Summary of Framework -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Modeling in the Design Process -- INTRODUCTION -- MECHANICALLY ORIENTED MODELING SYSTEMS -- The Evolution of Computer Modeling -- Wireframes -- Solid Modeling -- Polygonal Schemes -- Sculptured Surfaces -- Contemporary Modeling Systems -- System Organization and Geometric Coverage -- Applications -- User Interfaces -- Current Limitations and Research Frontiers -- Solid Modeling -- Theory -- System Technology -- Applications of Solid Modeling in Manufacturing -- Applications of Solid Modeling in Design -- Design Definition -- Design Validation -- Optimization of Parametric Designs -- Support of Conceptual and Preparametric Design -- A Broader View of Modeling in Design and Manufacturing -- TWO (OF MANY) OPEN ISSUES -- Do Designers Have Too Much Geometric Freedom? -- Is Conditional Process Planning Preferable to "Open-Loop" Process Planning? -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- NOTES ON THE EVOLUTION OF DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING -- Manufacturing Technology -- Manufacturing Planning Technology -- Design Representation Technology -- Design Analysis Tools -- Functional Representation and Design Synthesis Tools -- COMMENTS -- REFERENCES.

The Strategic Approach to Product Design -- INTRODUCTION -- DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN MANUFACTURING -- Complexity of Products and the Disappearance of the Learning Curve -- Complexity of Processes and the Changing Nature of Competition -- Disappearance of the Manual Assembly Option -- THE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PRODUCT DESIGN -- The Educational Problem -- Levels of Product Design Strategies -- Character of the Product -- Character of Product -- Design for Producibility and Usability -- Product Function Analysis -- Assembly Processes -- Conclusion -- RECENT DESIGN STRATEGY EXAMPLES -- Automobile Factory: Success Based on Technology and Product Redesign -- Automobile Factory: Success Based on Management -- Radiator Factory: Success Based on Integrated Design -- WHY IS CONCURRENCY HARD TO IMPLEMENT? -- WHAT NEW KNOWLEDGE IS NEEDED? -- Broad Issues -- Specific Near-Term Knowledge -- Generating Assembly Sequences -- Assessing Tolerances -- Linking Failure Modes to Assembly Sequences -- Economic Models of Assembly -- SUMMARY -- Possible Research Initiatives -- Education and Institutional Impacts -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Advisory Committee for the Conference -- Contributors -- Glossary A -- Index.