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Production engineering
About: Production engineering is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2657 publications have been published within this topic receiving 37409 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a production engineering-oriented virtual factory based on a planning cell is proposed to solve the problem of repeated and excessive changes in the design and process of a manufacturing system.
Abstract: In the traditional process of designing a manufacturing system, a sequential approach treats each of the design steps individually, without considering the requirements of concurrent design activities. The lack of systematic and concurrent consideration of the interactive impact of design decisions leads to repeated and excessive changes in the design and process. To resolve this problem, this research develops a production engineering-oriented virtual factory — a planning cell-based manufacturing systems design approach. The manufacturing systems design process based on a planning cell is reengineered according to the concept of concurrent engineering. The process modeling of a production engineering-oriented virtual factory is proposed at generic and particular levels. An illustrative example of an engine assembly plant demonstrates the effectiveness of the new approach.
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TL;DR: An innovative approach and infrastructure for a collaborative production engineering environment – from conception phase up to virtual verification, which allows the exchange of intelligent components for virtual commissioning between different engineering tools.
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TL;DR: The IEEE Task Force on Research Needs in Manufacturing Systems (TFMS) report as discussed by the authors, which represents the findings of the IEEE Task Task Group on Research Need in Manufacturing System (TTFMS), was published by the National Academy of Engineering.
Abstract: This paper represents the findings of the IEEE Task Force on Research Needs in Manufacturing Systems, chaired by Yu-Chi Ho. The report was prepared for the Engineering Research Board of the National Academy of Engineering.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed three different production planning formulations for semiconductor wafer fabrication, and the first formulation assumes a reduced available capacity for production due to engineering activities and the second formulation is based on the idea that aggregated demand is available for engineering activities for the entire planning window.
Abstract: In most semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities (wafer fabs), both production and engineering lots share the same expensive equipment. Production lots will be shipped to customers whereas engineering lots are used to support production and process development efforts. While production activities might lead to large revenue, engineering activities result in increased future output. In the present paper, we propose three different production planning formulations. The first formulation assumes a reduced available capacity for production due to engineering activities. Costs for production products are minimised. The second formulation is based on the idea that aggregated demand is available for engineering activities for the entire planning window. Costs for production and engineering products are minimised. Learning effects are incorporated to model the capacity increase due to engineering activities. The third model assumes that demand information for engineering activities is available only for the fir...
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