Production engineering

About: Production engineering is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2657 publications have been published within this topic receiving 37409 citations.

Process planning for sheet metal parts based on information management

Abstract: Design and manufacturing processes and their mutual interaction are reflected by the Manufacturing Engineering Reference Model. Information management, as the kernel of this reference model, encompasses structures that reflect the information. The three information structures that are discerned refer to products, resources and orders respectively. Originating from the demand for Concurrent Engineering, augmented effort is invested in the integration of the different processes applied in the manufacturing cycle of products. This paper discusses the integration of design and process planning-which is one of the main topics in Concurrent Engineering-along with the demand for Design for Manufacturing. Emphasis is on the application of production method knowledge and design support, especially for sheet metal parts.

Major elements of just-in-time production

Abstract: It is argued that the just-in-time (JIT) production system is in reality a management philosophy whose primary principles are the elimination of waste in the production process and the involvement of people in the management of the production process. It involves little new technology and its end result is increased quality and productivity. JIT achieves these results by looking at all aspects of the production process. These include ways of involving the workers in the management of production, the importance of quality, the improvement of work methods, set-up time reduction, the use of U-shaped line layouts to improve flexibility and personnel utilization, the involvement of suppliers in the production planning process, and the use of a pull production system. The author discusses the role of inventory, JIT techniques, work methods, plant layout, supplier roles, and the production of scheduling and management. JIT techniques are thought particularly useful in repetitive production environment, i.e., environments with high-volume production of a relatively few end products. In these environments, the pay-off from investments in JIT conversion are often dramatic. >

Assessing advanced engineering technologies

Abstract: The process of evaluating new technologies significantly affects their development, diffusion and adoption. While academic literature reviews on the assessment of advanced manufacturing technologies have been completed, there is insufficient understanding of the actual processes for evaluating advanced engineering technologies in the professional world. This paper reports on the results of a survey of US engineering managers and their knowledge, experiences and perceptions of the process by which advanced engineering technologies are evaluated in their firms, and compares these results with those of prior, notable surveys. The engineering managers surveyed are members of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) which generously pre-screened and provided the member database.

Manufacturing and Operations Management

Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter presents an introduction to manufacturing and operations management. In the early 1900s, the dictionary defined manufacturing as the making of wares by hand or machine, and defined production as the manufacture and distribution of goods. Manufacturing was then, and even with the changes in its meaning with time, is still, that part of production that was concerned with making the product. Manufacturing management is a large part, or perhaps all, of the science of production management. It is an applied science that draws on most of the other sciences. Management can be defined as the art and science of planning, directing, and controlling human effort, so that the objectives of an enterprise may be attained. It can be seen as a set of thousands of different tasks devoted to this objective. Management tasks can also be sorted into sets of closely related tasks that require similar skills for their efficient performance. These sets of tasks are known as management functions and form the basic classification of the science of production management.