Title :
Simplification-the first essential step in effective product and process design
Author_Institution :
KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock, Centre for Manuf. Consultancy, Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
Many manufacturing processes result in complex control philosophies and sophisticated computer techniques to ensure that they work properly. In many cases however complex control solutions are proposed in order to address problems with processes which are unnecessarily complex. The author focuses on the benefits which may be achieved through the simultaneous design of products, their processes and control systems. The approach leads to simplicity of design rather than complexity. Effective design for manufacture can improve profitability through reduced part counts, the elimination of unnecessary variants and the avoidance of processes that are a waste of money
Keywords :
economics; management; production control; complexity; control systems; manufacturing processes; process design; product design; production control; profitability; simplification;
Conference_Titel :
Factory 2001--Integrating Information and Material Flow, 1990., Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-704-3