... ; Upton, 1997). Flexible manufacturing systems Manufacturing resource planning Manufacturing flexibility, defined as the ability to change or to react to change (Upton, 1994), has been identified as an important manufacturing objective in a company's manufacturing strategy (Mills et al...

... are reported. Alan Cousens can be contacted at: alan.cousens@cranfield.ac.uk Fixed graphic 1 Fixed graphic 2 Fixed graphic 3 Fixed graphic 4 Fixed graphic 5 Fixed graphic 6 Fixed graphic 7 --> © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Strategic manufacturing Flexible manufacturing systems...

...] The program manager is one of the authors. References Browne , J. , Dubois , D. , Rathmill , K. , Sethi , S.P. and Stecke , K.E. (1984), “ Classification of flexible manufacturing systems ”, The FMS Magazine , Vol. 2 No. 2 , pp. 114 ‐ 7 . Corbett , L.M...

...@astate.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Flexible manufacturing systems Advanced manufacturing technologies Operations management Competences Firms are seeking ways to respond quickly to changes induced by customers, competitors, and technologists, and flexibility has become...

.... Originality/value A useful historical perspective on manufacturing processes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Management research Manufacturing industries Flexible manufacturing systems The issue of manufacturing flexibility is assuming increasing importance in production...

... empirical and conceptual work in the context of service operations. Originality/value Provides a useful update on an author's findings from two decades ago. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Flexible manufacturing systems Manufacturing industries Operations flexibility has never...

...Zubair M. Mohamed; Mohamed A. Youssef; Faizul Huq The performance of flexible manufacturing systems, (FMS) has been one of the major topics that has attracted the attention of production and operations management (POM) researchers for the last two decades. In this paper we study the relationship...

..., to deduce the correctness of the implementation with respect to the design specification, as well as the original requirements. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Methodology Specifications Systems analysis Systems design Flexible manufacturing systems The flexibility of today’s computer...

...Michael Vineyard; Kwasi Amoako‐Gyampah; Jack R. Meredith This paper presents the results of a case/simulation study that evaluated a number of potential maintenance policies for a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Empirical data were used to structure the operation of the FMS, and to simulate...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1997 Agile production Flexible manufacturing systems History Mass Production Paradigms Introduction In industrial management, the 1980s marked the end of the twentieth century, an epoch dominated by American manufacturers, undisputed masters of the mass...

...Injazz Chen; Atul Gupta; Chen‐Hua Chung Empirically examines the factors contributing to employee commitment in the implementation of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), a class of highly automated manufacturing systems. Identifies and categorizes a number of employee commitment elements from...

... research‐ and practitioner‐based literature along with findings of the field study. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Advanced manufacturing technologies Flexible manufacturing systems Implementation Justification Planning Research In recent years, domestic and international product markets...

.... Similarly, a determination of the appropriate outcome measures creates additional difficulties in researching operations process questions. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Benchmarking Flexible manufacturing systems Just‐in‐time Operations strategy Organizational performance USA Operations...

...Chris Stylianides Modern manufacturing facilities include conventional work centres as well as flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). Discusses computer simulation software which simulates and graphically animates in real time an integrated job shop/FMS. The program interfaces a FORTRAN‐based...

.... Advanced manufacturing technologies Flexible manufacturing systems Manufacturing Operations management Production planning While the use of flexible manufacturing technology (FMT) (cells or systems) has been advocated for many years as providing important benefits to firms, its implementation...

...K.V. Sambasiva Rao; S.G. Deshmukh The success of any manufacturing concern greatly depends on the effective functioning of the management at the strategic level. The importance of Advanced Manufacturing Systems (AMS) such as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) has been increasing because...

...Mehdi Kaighobadi; Kurapati Venkatesh Global competition has made it necessary for many firms to introduce such advanced technologies as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS). However, the extent of such technology applications varies from industry to industry and has met various degrees of success...

... unfold as consciously managed innovation processes that encourage bottom‐up creativity and learning. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Flexible manufacturing systems Lean production Motor industry Organizational change Process innovation Simulation Technological change In the last ten years...

..., station wagon) together, instead of in the traditional stepped fashion. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Corporate strategy Flexibility Flexible manufacturing systems Flexifactories Honda Motor industry Production methods What do we mean by “flexifactory”? A flexifactory is a factory...

... Flexible manufacturing systems Just‐in‐time Product methods In an attempt to gain a higher level of control over manufacturing operations many companies are considering an approach commonly referred to as “cell‐based manufacturing”. This article considers aspects of the design and implementation...