This paper presents a summary of the results from the simulation of a given two-stages production system which uses JIT. The system consists of an assembly line with two automated assembly cells and two assembly stock points and one manufacturing cell with three manufacturing stock points for storing reserved parts and one receiving stock. Carts with fixed capacity are used for handling the par...

In recent years, flexible manufacturing system as a response to market demands has been proposed to increase product diversity, optimum utilization of machines andperiods of short-term products.The development of computer systems has provided the ability to build machines with high functionality and the necessary flexibility to perform various operations. However, due to the complexity and the ...

Resource accessing is one of the key issues in Cloud Manufacturing, which is a latest mode of network manufacturing. In this paper, a framework of resource accessing in Cloud Manufacturing based on ZigBee is proposed. In the framework, an improved AODVjr routing algorithm of ZigBee is studied. In the improved routing algorithm, limitations of the transmission direction and hops of RREQ packet a...

Abstract: Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving the efficiency of manufacturing system design, operation, and maintenance. But manufacturing simulations are usually developed to address a narrow set of industrial issues, e.g., the purchase of new equipment or the modification of a manufact...

Nowadays, manufacturers are faced with severe challenges to response rapidly to changing demands and meet various customers’ needs with respect to production volume and product profile. Reconfigurable manufacturing paradigm was proposed as an advanced manufacturing philosophy to enhance the adaptability and flexibility of manufacturing systems. By physical and logical reconfiguration, Reconfigu...

Simulation tools have played important roles in design and development of manufacturing systems for the last two decades. Many of the current simulation tools support modeling, simulation and performance analysis with graphical interface. However, nowadays most of the work of analysis, design and development is done by team and the team members are usually not physically grouped at the same sit...

With the aid of the powerful computational ability and software tools, we undergo rapid change in a whole product manufacturing process. In a traditional way, it took long time and cost to build real manufacturing line. The behind time change for the manufacturing process ends up with supplementing large amount of budget. Therefore early detecting the errors on manufacturing process saves quite...