Structural Comparisons between Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Agile Manufacturing Systems-Using Object-Oriented Modeling Tool and Petri Net Simulations

• Main Authors: Shen-Hsiang Huang, 黃昇祥
• Other Authors: Tzong-Ming Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45660241512474557085

碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 工業工程與管理系碩士班 === 90 === The way of production has evolved from mass production, to batch production, to flexible production system, and then to the newly developed agile manufacturing system. For those who are planning a system change, it is important to evaluate the performance of the prospective manufacturing system prior to its implementation, so that the influence of the alternation is cleared and the decision for system change can be properly made. A reasonable beginning for system change is to list the differences between current system and the desired system, and so the simulation can be carried out accordingly. Since the system adjustment process is not as explicit as its appearance, a though investigation will be essential. This research will focus on deriving the procedure to convert a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) into a nearest agile manufacturing system (AMS). Despite the hardware equipment, the major difference between an FMS and an AMS is on information or communication routine and it’s interrelationships among the computer-controlled hardware. Therefore, the following steps are explored to facilitate the conversion: 1. Determine the hardware elements of manufacturing cells and corresponding subsystems, and the interrelationships among them 2. Construct FMS and AMS virually on a simulation domain, then compare the differences. 3. Seek and determine the conversion rules for the two systems. As an example implementation, a sample FMS is converted to AMS via UML modeling, and are evaluated through a Petri Net simulation.