... management support, organizational competence, partnership with external consultants and government support in influencing adoption intention of data analytics for PdM. Perceived challenges related to organizational restructuring and process automation are not found significant in influencing the adoption...

... Automation Innovation Financial crisis Economic recession During difficult periods, in industry sectors that are fast-paced and information-rich, both firms and stock market investors might become more sensitive about inventory leanness. The greater the prevalence of information technology...

..., are also aware of the potential of automation. Originality/value Based on a systematic review, this article shows that the strategy created by Germany to increase industrial productivity has been also introduced in BRICS countries as a critical factor to improve their competitiveness. Amaya Erro...

... process Automation Manufacturing competences Strategic manufacturing Real-time control of operations can help manufacturing companies in the operational decision-making process (Negahban and Smith, 2014), aligning the available information with the strategic objectives of the manufacturing...

... Innovation Automation Robotics Complexity Artificial intelligence Industry 4.0 RQ1. Will intelligent machines in future have the capability to innovate? This notion was generically addressed in a conference paper (Botha, 2017) but the thinking in the current paper is now extended...

... to better integration of industrial robotics into lean manufacturing systems. Originality/value This research has been performed with the intention of identifying how manufacturing industries could increase their competitiveness through industrial robot automation. The companies involved in the research...

...‐and‐sort” OPS design. Marco Melacini can be contacted at: marco.melacini@polimi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Materials handling Order picking Automation Sorting Wavelengths Programming and algorithm theory Order picking is the activity by which a small number...

... the handoff between engineering groups of a large aerospace company. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on three years of observation and interviews at a leading Italian firm. A process‐based approach is used for assessing business value. Findings The KBE application automated...

... was correct. Validation was undertaken by driving the model with a typical production schedule and comparing the model and real world results. Firstly, the “worst case” production schedule was used to estimate the maximum rate of output from the conveyor system on to the proposed automated sorting...

... companies in the design and operation. Yufeng Zhang can be contacted at: yz266@cam.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Globalization Business environment Networking Automotive industry Automation Fast moving consumer goods The project approach has been practised by many...

...Kun Liao; Qiang Tu Purpose This paper aims to address the differing impacts of automation and integration on manufacturing performance (MP) under different levels of environmental uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach Responses from 303 companies are analyzed and presented. Findings...

...Hsien‐Yu Tseng; Chang‐Ching Lin Purpose This research aims to develop an effective and efficient algorithm for solving the curve fitting problem arising in automated manufacturing systems. Design/methodology/approach This paper takes curve fitting as an optimization problem of a set of data...

...Nebil Buyurgan; Lakshmanan Meyyappan; Can Saygin; Cihan H. Dagli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the development of an architecture for real‐time routing of automated guided vehicles (AGV) in a random flexible manufacturing system (FMS). Design/methodology/approach AGV routing...

...Tien‐Hsiang Chang; Chyou‐Huey Chiou; Hsin‐Pin Fu; Pei Chao Purpose The adoption of automation has been suggested as one source to establish the competitiveness of manufacturing industries. The importance of government's role in promoting the automation adoption has been recognized. The Industrial...

... with characteristic gear pairs allows only parallel movement. It is generally believed that for batch assembly, programmable automation proves to be more cost‐effective than fixed automation. Choosing the right tools for robots to perform their functions cost effectively is a difficult task. In this paper...

.... Reports the results of the audit in three easy to read tables. Expects the audit to be the first step in any flexible manufacturing design (FMD) effort. Presents a case study. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Flexible manufacturing systems Flexibility Process planning Automation Uncertainty Strategy...

... product. The expert system is found to be a valuable tool, providing significant information for machine builders. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Assembly Expert systems Automation Design Automatic assembly is a high‐rate production method for output measured in millions of annual units...

...Fabrizio Dallari; Gino Marchet; Remigio Ruggeri This study is concerned with evaluating the performance of different storage policies and tour construction procedures for multi‐command picking using automated storage‐retrieval systems (AS/RS). The AS/RS machine travel time for each storage policy...

... Automation Design Engineering Product design Requirements planning In the engineering community, total design (Pugh, 1991) points out the importance of understanding and interpreting market information and encapsulating these in a comprehensive and thorough product design specification. Quality...

... from the point of view of assembly design, work organization and automation. Then the evolution of the Swedish model of production and its influence on the lean model is considered. Subsequently, the question of similarities and differences between the systems is studied in light of unique aspects...