Drivers of complexity in a flexible assembly system - A case study

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Asadi, NargesMälardalens högskola,Innovation och produktrealisering,Mälardalens högskola, Innovation och produktrealisering (författare)

Various ever-changing market demands have propelled manufacturing companies to offer product variety in an efficient and timely manner. Assembly as a key stage of manufacturing process is used to realise product variety through establishing mixed-product assembly systems. Although establishing a flexible mixed-product assembly system which both offers product variety and absorbs market demands fluctuation is pivotal for maintaining competitive edge in certain industries such as vehicle manufacturing, it is also considered an elaborate task which calls for further investigation. In this paper, complexity in a flexible mixed-product assembly line is investigated and the key drivers of complexity are identified. To fulfil the research objective, a case study during the pilot implementation of a flexible mixed-product assembly concept in a heavy vehicle manufacturing company has been conducted. The results indicate the key factors concerning assembly process, product design, and information and communication technology (ICT) which contribute to complexity in the flexible assembly system. The paper concludes with an outlook for possible future research.

Jackson, MatsMälardalens högskola,Innovation och produktrealisering,Volvo Construction Equipment, Eskilstuna,Mälardalens högskola, Innovation och produktrealisering(Swepub:mdh)mjn05 (författare)
Fundin, AndersMälardalens högskola,Innovation och produktrealisering,Mälardalens högskola, Innovation och produktrealisering(Swepub:mdh)afn02 (författare)
Mälardalens högskolaInnovation och produktrealisering (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:48th CIRP International Conference on Manufacturing Systems (CIRP CMS 2015): Key Enabling Technologies for the Factories of the Future: Elsevier, s. 189-194
Ingår i:Procedia CIRP: Elsevier, s. 189-1942212-8271

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