Assembly is the last phase in the process of production and involves hundreds and even thousands of different parts. Even the omission of a single part is enough to make the product defective. Therefore, an inventory is made for each part type. Acquiring, handling and managing a multitude of inventories is a significant burden with significant cost, both ofwhich are much higher in cases where multiple productversions are assembled on the same assembly line. In today's market, the intense competition drives producers to cater to different market segments by offering a larger variety of products. This growth in product variety is broad, but applies slronglyto the assembled products. Changes in demand, volume and product mix, as well as the appearance of new product models and components, require a proper, flexible assembly system. Therefore, successful assembly systems design and management must deliver efficient, flexible systems that can deal with product variety and changes in product volume and mix. A crucial part of such a system is the part supply and part feeding. With an increasing productvariely, thousands of different parts need to be delivered just-in-time (JIT) to a multitude of assembly stations. Some of the issues which have to be addressed are: high number of parts managed, mixed-model production, variety of Darts' sha~esan d sizes, limited sDace at assemblv stations and mani~ulationo f a wide varietv of ~ a r t t v ~deusri ng the assemblv. Forming efficient part-supply and'part-feeding mechanisms presents an important challenge kced by today's assembly systems. These are crucial factors in making an assembly business sustainable and competitive.

Editorial Parts Feeding system for Assembly:macro and micro logistics

FACCIO, MAURIZIO;
2015

Abstract

Assembly is the last phase in the process of production and involves hundreds and even thousands of different parts. Even the omission of a single part is enough to make the product defective. Therefore, an inventory is made for each part type. Acquiring, handling and managing a multitude of inventories is a significant burden with significant cost, both ofwhich are much higher in cases where multiple productversions are assembled on the same assembly line. In today's market, the intense competition drives producers to cater to different market segments by offering a larger variety of products. This growth in product variety is broad, but applies slronglyto the assembled products. Changes in demand, volume and product mix, as well as the appearance of new product models and components, require a proper, flexible assembly system. Therefore, successful assembly systems design and management must deliver efficient, flexible systems that can deal with product variety and changes in product volume and mix. A crucial part of such a system is the part supply and part feeding. With an increasing productvariely, thousands of different parts need to be delivered just-in-time (JIT) to a multitude of assembly stations. Some of the issues which have to be addressed are: high number of parts managed, mixed-model production, variety of Darts' sha~esan d sizes, limited sDace at assemblv stations and mani~ulationo f a wide varietv of ~ a r t t v ~deusri ng the assemblv. Forming efficient part-supply and'part-feeding mechanisms presents an important challenge kced by today's assembly systems. These are crucial factors in making an assembly business sustainable and competitive.
2015
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