A computer aided design system for product oriented manufacturing systems recon...

• Author(s): Silva, Sílvio Carmo ; Alves, Anabela Carvalho ; Costa, M.
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19071
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Production system design; Computer aided design system
• Document Type: Part of book or chapter of book
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Product Oriented Manufacturing Systems (POMS) are systems designed for variable product demand markets, and dynamically reconfigured for the manufacture of a single type of product or a family of similar products at a time. POMS systems can take several forms and result from exploring the use of flexible resources, a variety of new design philosophies, technologies and approaches to manufacture, including Cellular, Lean, Agile, Quick Response and Fit Manufacturing. In this paper a computer aided design system for the design and reconfiguration of POMS is addressed. A characterization and description of the structure and components of the design system, including a database, a user interface and a knowledge base and the description of some important data sets, are presented.