Design modification supporting method based on product usage data in closed-loop PLM
Thanks to recent technology related to product monitoring and data communication, it is now possible for a company to gather various kinds of product usage data during its operation in a ubiquitous way. However, the application of the newly gathered ...
Use of the grey-Taguchi method to optimise the micro-electrical discharge machining micro-EDM of Ti-6Al-4V alloy
This article demonstrates the effectiveness of optimising multiple quality characteristics electrode depletion ED, material removal rate MRR and overcut to achieve a better finish quality for micro-electrical discharge machining micro-EDM of Ti-6Al-4V ...
New bi-objective robust design-based utilisation towards dynamic cell formation problem with fuzzy random demands
Generally, one of the most important issues which cause a production system not to be an efficient one is unemployed capacities of both machines and workers. On the other hand, adaptive design’s most exploiting facilities are not practical for any cases ...
A proxy approach to integrate heterogeneous CAD resources for distributed collaborative design
Collaborative product design on heterogeneous computer-aided design CAD platforms has shown its significance to today’s global manufacturing industries. This article proposes a novel collaboration framework for supporting distributed collaborative ...
Application of digital factory concepts to optimise and integrate inventories in automotive pre-assembly areas
Digital Factory DF is a concept used in product development, manufacturing processes, control, production system supervision and in information flow management activities generated during the design, development, implementation and operation of the ...
Due date assignment and dynamic scheduling of one-of-a-kind assembly production with uncertain processing time
In this paper, dynamic scheduling and due date assignment of one-of-a-kind assembly production is studied when the processing time is uncertain and normally distributed. New product arrives randomly with exponentially distributed inter-arrival times. ...
Supplier selection in a single-echelon supply chain with horizontal competition using Imperialist competitive algorithm
- Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani,
- Alireza Aliahmadi,
- Vahid Reza Salamat,
- Farnaz Barzinpour,
- Ehsan Hadiyan
Nowadays, due to the importance of competition in supply chain, supplier selection is one of the most important issues in competition between manufacturers. Different companies take various criteria into account to select the appropriate suppliers. In ...
Quality monitoring service for distributed manufacturing systems
This paper proposes a novel service approach to quality monitoring QM in a distributed manufacturing system by implementing a network of autonomous work systems AWSs. A quality monitoring service QMS is provided via a web application that offers a data ...
Remote programming and control of the flexible machining cell
The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of research aimed at the development of a web-based manufacturing system. A novel concept of remote programming and control of a flexible manufacturing cell has been developed. Its important feature ...
A credibility-constrained programming for reliable forward–reverse logistics network design under uncertainty and facility disruptions
This paper offers a credibility-constrained programming model for reliable design of an integrated forward–reverse logistics network with hybrid facilities under uncertainty and random facility disruptions. To tackle with this problem, a novel ...