Compared with modularized enterprises, continuous Process (CP) enterprises exhibit differing characteristics in manufacturing flexibility. Relative to the vast literature on the flexibility of modularized enterprises, the manufacturing flexibility of CP enterprises has aroused little attention in current literature. In this paper, we develop a new theory to give a reasonable explanation for the...

Beam‐type substrate transport robots are widely used to handle substrates, especially in the solar cell manufacturing process. To reduce the takt time and increase productivity, accurate position control becomes increasingly important as the size of the substrate increases. However, the vibration caused by the flexible forks in beam‐type robots interferes with ...

This paper analyzes the role of real exchange rate in determining Japanese FDI in China. Using the data of Japanese direct investment in China’s nine major manufacturing sectors from 1989 to 2000, the paper conducts regression analysis with both time series and panel data. The empirical results show that there exists a significantly positive correlation between the bilateral real exchange rate ...

One of the most important problems in production planning of flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is machine tool selection and operation allocation problem that directly influences the production costs and times .In this paper minimizing machining cost, set-up cost and material handling cost as a multi-objective problem in flexible manufacturing systems environment are considered. We present a ...

A FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR MANUFACTURING PLANNING SOFTWARE MAINTEANCE by

In modern manufacturing systems, two developments are paramount: flexible automation computer systems controlling and monitoring the physical processes, and Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) direct data sharing among production control systems and the engineering and administrative systems that support them. The resulting data systems engineering task is to provide access from many system...