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Agile Manufacturing: The 21st Century Competitive Strategy: The 21st Century Competitive Strategy

Gunasekaran, A.

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • CONTENTSvii
  • Prefacev
  • Part I - Introduction to Agile Manufacturing1
  • Chapter 1. Agile Manufacturing as the 21 st Century Strategy for Improving Manufacturing Competitive3
  • Chapter 2. Agile Manufacturing: Concepts and Framework25
  • Part II - Design and Development of Agile Manufacturing Systems51
  • Chapter 3. A Strategic Approach to Develop Agile Manufacturing53
  • Chapter 4. BM_Virtual Enterprise Architecture Reference Model73
  • Chapter 5. Integrated Product/Process Development (IPPD) Through Robust Design Simulation (RDS)95
  • Chapter 6. Developing the Agile Enterprise113
  • Chapter 7. Towards Building of Knowledge-Base in Indian Corporations: Some Strategic Directions131
  • Chapter 8. Enhancing Agility in Manufacturing: The Role of QFD157
  • Chapter 9. Product Development Strategies for Agility
  • Chapter 10. Managing People in Agile Organisations193
  • Part III - Information Technology/Systems in Agile Manufacturing203
  • Chapter 11. Application of Information Technology in Agile Manufacturing205
  • Chapter 12. Information Systems for Agile Manufacturing Environment in the Post-Industrial Stage229
  • Chapter 13. Management of Complexity and Information Flow247
  • Chapter 14. An Object-Oriented Optimization-based Software for Agile Manufacturing in Process Indust265
  • Chapter 15. Application of Multimedia in Agile Manufacturing279
  • Chapter 16. Computational Intelligence in Agile Manufacturing Engineering297
  • Chapter 17. Computer Applications in Agile Manufacturing317
  • Chapter 18. Secure Communication in Distributed Manufacturing Systems337
  • Part IV - Supply Chain Management in Agile Manufacturing357
  • Chapter 19. Agile Supply Chain Management359
  • Chapter 20. Engineering the Agile Supply Chain377
  • Chapter 21. Information Technologies for Virtual Enterprise and Agile Management397
  • Chapter 22. Early Supplier Involvement: A Design-Based Sourcing417
  • Chapter 23. Information Technologies in Supply Chain Management437
  • Chapter 24. Enterprise Integration and Management in Agile Organizations461
  • Chapter 25. Agility, Adaptability and Leanness: A Comparison of Concepts and a Study of Practice483
  • Part V- Operations of Agile Manufacturing Systems497
  • Chapter 26. Computer Control of Agile Manufacturing Systems499
  • Chapter 27. Computer Aided Process Planning for Agile Manufacturing Environment515
  • Chapter 28. Aggregate Capacity Planning and Production Line Design/Redesign in Agile Manufacturing535
  • Chapter 29. The Control Problems of Agile Manufacturing559
  • Chapter 30. Contingency-Driving Autonomous Cellular Manufacturing - Best Practice in the 21st Centur583
  • Chapter 31. Role of IT/IS in Physically Distributed Manufacturing Enterprises601
  • Chapter 32. The Method of Successive Assembly System Design Based on Cases Studies within the Swedis621
  • Part VI - Strategic Approach for Agile Manufacturing643
  • Chapter 33. Reengineering and Agile Manufacturing Development645
  • Chapter 34. Corporate Knowledge Management in Agile Manufacturing665
  • Chapter 35. Agile Manufacturing Strategic Options685
  • Chapter 36. Virtual Enterprise Engineering in Support of Distributed and Agile Manufacture703
  • Chapter 37. Putting the Pieces Together Using Standards735
  • Chapter 38. Enterprise Integration and Management759
  • Chapter 39. Gaining Agility Through Supply Chain Management785
  • Author Index809
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780080435671
  • ISBN-13 9780080526881
  • Author Gunasekaran, A.
  • Category Technology & Engineering
  • Subject Engineering (General)

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Agile manufacturing is defined as the capability of surviving and prospering in a competitive environment of continuous and unpredictable change by reacting quickly and effectively to changing markets, driven by customer-designed products and services. Critical to successfully accomplishing AM are a few enabling technologies such as the standard for the exchange of products (STEP), concurrent engineering, virtual manufacturing, component-based hierarchical shop floor control system, information and communication infrastructure, etc.

The scope of the book is to present the undergraduate and graduate students, senior managers and researchers in manufacturing systems design and management, industrial engineering and information technology with the conceptual and theoretical basis for the design and implementation of AMS. Also, the book focuses on broad policy directives and plans of agile manufacturing that guide the monitoring and evaluating the manufacturing strategies and their performance. A problem solving approach is taken throughout the book, emphasizing the context of agile manufacturing and the complexities to be addressed.