Implementing and maintaining complicated manufacturing processes in an error-free mode is essential to the survival of any manufacturing business. One essential element to realizing error-free manufacturing is saving learning and making it readily available to those who need it, on a system that is easy to develop and use. A knowledge based tool, DEPICT (Digitized Expert PICTures), has been dev...

Extraction of Product features finds a major application in industries practicing CAM techniques. The Product development time & Product features are greatly dependent on the accuracy of Product data extracted. This is quite a complex & challenging task, as a mix of geometric & technological features are involved into it. Consistency of Product data across all the modules of its lifecycle is im...

Dynamic scheduling of manufacturing systems has primarily involved the use of dispatching rules. In the context of conventional job shops, the relative performance of these rules has been found to depend upon the system attributes, and no single rule is dominant across all possible scenarios. This indicates the need for developing a scheduling approach which adopts a state-dependent dispatching...

A combined MRP(material requirement planning) and JIT(just in time) system can be more effective manufacturing system which utilizes the best attributes of each manufacturing system need to accommodate the best planning features of MRP and the best execution features of JIT to address the changing needs of industry. When MRP and JIT involve in any production system than its balance the all enti...

Emerging manufacturing processes to generate regenerative advanced therapies can involve extensive genomic and/or epigenomic manipulation of autologous or allogeneic cells. These cell engineering processes need to be carefully controlled and standardized to maximize safety and efficacy in clinical trials. Engineered biomaterials with smart and tunable properties offer an intriguing tool to prov...

Validation is a tool of quality assurance which provides confirmation of the quality in equipment system, manufacturing processes, software and testing methods. Validation assures the products with predetermined quality characteristics and attributes can be reproduced consistently/reproducibly with in the established limits of the manufacturing process operation at the manufacturing site. Valid...

Reengineering consists of conceiving the radical improvements that must be introduced into the organization of a manufacturing system so that the product managerial attributes satisfy a target market. Fuzzy cognitive maps are fuzzy signed digraphs that cannot justify their outputs because they are full of feedback loops. This paper presents an intelligent system that supports reengineering. The...

the characteristic texture of turrón, torrone and nougat was examined. they are typical european confections prepared from almonds, honey, sugars and/or chocolate. three different instrumental tests: puncture, cutting, and texture profile analysis (tpa), were used in this study and samples prepared from three countries (spain, italy, and france), and by six manufacturing companies (two companie...

Existing knowledge about agile manufacturing (AM) and an agile workforce was reviewed in order to extend the concept of agility to the whole enterprise. The frameworks that describe other elements of the enterprise besides manufacturing, or contain attributes that could be applied to all enterprise structures were also included into the review. The review identified a large number of papers rel...

Quality by Design (QbD) refers to a holistic approach towards drug development. QbD has become the answer to assist both industry and FDA to move towards a more scientific, risk based, holistic and proactive approach to pharmaceutical development. The concept promotes industry’s understanding of the product and manufacturing process starting with product development, basically building quality ...